RhS sports Roundup RHS girls lacrosse enjoys superb season Although the Revere High girls lacrosse team dropped its first-round contest in the North Sectional of the Division 1 MIAA state tournament to Boston Latin on Monday by a score of…
Month: June 2018
Obituaries 06-06-2018
Leo Smyrlian American Airlines retiree and star RHS quarterback Leo M. Smyrlian of Revere and Reading died peacefully, surrounded by family, on May 31. He was 81 years old. A star quarterback while at Revere High School, he was a…
Susan B. Anthony Aspirers Hold Operation Give Back
The SBA Aspirers Club held Operation Give Back on Saturday May 26th at the SBA School. They were collecting toiletry items for veterans. Advisors Justin and Brandon Pezzuto with Tiffany Da Silva, Evan Darcy, Rabeel Nadeem, Yasmin Torquato, Elizabeth Sanchez,…
Revere Beach Receives High Score for Water Quality
With the unofficial start of summer kicking off this past Memorial Day weekend, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Revere Beach. According to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual Beach Water Report…
Elected Officials, Residents Observe Memorial Day in Revere
A touch of history was added to Monday’s Memorial Day Services on the lawn in front of the American Legion Post #61 next to City Hall. This year’s Memorial Day marked 100 years since World War I ended. To honor…
Police Search the Past to Honor Fallen Officer
To most in the current Revere Police Department, Sgt. John Shanahan was simply a forgotten tragedy on a plaque in front of the old Police Station on Pleasant Street. For those officers who never worked out of the old Pleasant…
Hayes Returns Home, Healthy and Ready for the Future
Lauren Hayes had the honor of throwing out the first ball at the Revere High Senior Softball Night game Friday at St. Mary’s Field. Hayes, a standout first baseman on the 2014 Division 1 North championship team, actually delivered two…
Suffolk Downs Owners to Start Racing at Great Barrington Fairgrounds
Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, LLC (SSR), the company that operates Thoroughbred racing, wagering and simulcasting at Suffolk Downs, and Fairgrounds Realty LLC and Fair Grounds Community Redevelopment Project Inc., the entities that own the Great Barrington Fairgrounds, have reached an agreement…
Global Day of Parents to Launch ‘Stand Up for Parents’
On June 1, Global Day of Parents, a Cambridge-based Parents Forum is launching Stand Up For Parents, a campaign [https://www.gofundme.com/stand-up-for-parents] to increase the program’s capacity to reach and serve parents both locally and globally. The organization is also pleased to invite interested…
Joe Giuliotti Named to Mass Hockey Hall Of Fame
Revere resident and East Boston native Joe Giuliotti has been selected for admission into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall Of Fame and will be inducted during ceremonies on June 16 at the 1620 Hotel in Plymouth Harbor. The long time hockey…
Revere Students Earn Academic Honors
EMMANUEL STUDENTS NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST In honor of their outstanding academic achievement, Emmanuel College has named more than 600 students to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester. To earn a spot on the Dean’s List, Emmanuel students…
Revere School Notes
Beachmont Last week, 2nd grade students in Ms. Mantenuto’s class presented their landform research to parents. Over the course of several weeks, students did research on various types of landforms such as canyons and volcanoes. They then worked with our…
Project Switch Box Art Looks to Add a Splash of Color to City
They’re a needed part of providing our utilities, but the switchboxes have become part of a steel grey blight in some neighborhoods. Revere officials are calling out to local artists to help spruce up the boxes. With 20 switchboxes throughout…
Racially-Charged Yearbook Quote Riles Many:Revere High Student says It Was a Senior Prank Gone Awry; Doesn’t Agree with the Remarks
A racially-charged quote disparaging white people surprisingly made it into print in the Revere High School (RHS) 2018 yearbook, and the student responsible said it wasn’t her quote originally, and she doesn’t agree with it either. She told the Journal…
NECCO Purchased at Bankruptcy Auction
An Ohio-based candy firm has purchased the 171-year-old NECCO (New England Confectionary Company) that is located in Revere on American Legion Highway.. The $18.8 million bid, saving the NECCO wafer, candy hearts and others have been saved by Spangler Candy,…
Ask Rusty: Spousal and Survivor Benefits
Dear Rusty: I worked in my career, but I now get Social Security disability. My husband retired in 2015 at age 66 and took his Social Security at that time. When he is 70 can I get spousal benefits from…
Letter to the Editor
A WORRISOME ISSUE Dear Editor: In the aftermath of another deadly school shooting where a gunman took 10 more lives (8 students and 2 teachers) and 13 more were wounded in Santa Fe, Texas on May 18, 2018; we realize…
We All Benefit from Clean Beaches
For those of us who grew up in the Greater Boston area in the period from the 1960s through the 1990s, the SH/SB’s annual report card never fails to amaze us. Boston Harbor had served as the dumping ground for…
Sports 05-30-2018
The Anchor Man Yandoli stars for Northeast 4 X 100 relay team By Cary Shuman Joshua Yandoli is making a name for himself in the Northeast Regional Vocational High School boys track program. And with two seasons left in the…
Obituaries 05-30-2018
Maureen Butler Warm and caring daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend Maureen K. (O’Hara) Butler of Stoneham passed away on Thursday, May 24 at Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer’s Care. She was 81 years old. Born on July…
