Michael Joseph Seniti Animal Lover Michael Joseph Seniti of Revere passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 8, at the age of 29. Born March 9, 1991, the beloved son of Frances Wahbi and Sean Leonard, Michael was a kind and…
Month: August 2020
City of Revere Parks & Recreation to Begin Safety Monitoring Program at All City-Owned Playgrounds and Recreational Facilities
Mayor Arrigo calls on residents to help keep our parks open, comply with mask and social distancing requirements to avoid shutdowns Friday, August 14, 2020 — The City of Revere’s Parks and Recreation department will begin a safety monitoring program…
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Georgianna Hagstrom Retiring From RPL After Three Decades For more than three decades, Georgianna Hagstrom has been a welcoming face to thousands of library patrons. She has served at her desk downstairs in the Children’s room as host to many wonderful, educational…
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Arrigo Announces Suspension of All City Events and Programming
Mayor Brian Arrigo saw the “alarming trends†in the city’s COVID-19 data and acted boldly and decisively. At a press conference held Thursday near the COVID-19 testing site at Revere, Arrigo announced that he would be suspending all city-sponsored and…
City Council Will Continue ‘No Spectators†Policy
The City Council will continue its policy of not allowing spectators at its meetings due to the limited seating capacity in the Council Chambers. The Council’s next meeting is Monday, Aug. 24, but due to Gov. Charlie Baker’s order related…
RPS Forgoes Traditional Graduation Plans for Car-Parade Commencement
Revere High School seniors were poised to walk across the stage on Tuesday evening and finally pick up their diplomas at Harry Della Russo Stadium, but a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Revere put the breaks on the planned…
Gravellese Pledges to be a Full-Time State Rep If Elected
Candidate for state representative Joe Gravellese said if he is elected to the position, he will resign from his full-time job and any other boards he serves on “so I can dedicate myself to doing the job of state representative. 
Revere Public Schools Students Will Start the School Year Off With Remote Learning as COVID Cases Spike
At the Revere School Committee meeting on Monday, Revere Public School (RPS) Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly said RPS would like to bypass the “hybrid†learning model that was in the district’s draft plan for a fall reopening and focus on…
Beauty in Beachmont: Community Garden Will Be Built on Broadsound Avenue
Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna and the Beachmont Improvement Committee looked at a vacant area on Broadsound Avenue and wondered what the best option for the site would be. The best option has been determined and a new neighborhood community…
City Launches Water and Sewer Inventory app Developed by Revere High students
City Launches Water And Sewer Inventory App Developed by Revere High Students In collaboration with the Office of Innovation and Data Management, Revere High School Class of 2020 graduate, William Ly, unveiled the new mobile application (app) he developed this…
America Is Circling the Drain
On January 30 — what seems like a lifetime ago — the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a world-wide pandemic. On that same fateful date, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control issued a press release that stated as follows:…
Car Repossessions are on the Rise
Although most of the attention of the financial crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the evictions and foreclosures facing millions of out-of-work Americans, the number of repossessions of motor vehicles because of loan defaults is starting to…
Guest Op-Ed: Social Responsibility on a Sunday Afternoon
By Jessica Ann Giannino Sunday afternoon started out as a beautiful summer day on the North Shore. Just before 2PM things took a turn as East Saugus became cloaked in toxic smoke. As terrified residents turned to social media for…
Guest Op-Ed: To Thwart Polluters, We Need Better Policies
By Joe Gravellese, Candidate for State Representative The hazards of living near heavy polluters in our district – from Logan Airport to our south, to the Wheelabrator incinerator in Saugus, to the emissions from trucks and tailpipes that impact Chelsea…
Guest Op-Ed: How Can We Come Together to Work on a Solution, With an Inclusive Approach to Unite Revere
By Patrick Keefe Where do we go from here? We can continue down the same path of social media and talking around each other tearing one and another down, or we can work together on a solution. The hardest way…
Letter to the Editor
Refrain from Ticketing Dear Editor, With Revere COVID-19 cases on the rise and the state of Massachusetts leading the nation in employment at 17.4% as reported last month, our community is experiencing a very challenging time. Adding to these challenges…
A Historic Season: Revere High Girls Soccer Team Receives Its GBL Title Banner
Special to the Journal Revere High School Director of Athletics Frank Shea officially presented head coach Megan O’Donnell and the RHS girls soccer team their Greater Boston League championship banner for the 2019 season. The Patriots’ 2019 season was one…
Revere Pop Warner Season is Cancelled
Patrick Keefe, board member of Eastern Massachusetts Pop Warner, said the board voted Monday to cancel all Pop Warner seasons in the area, which includes the Revere Junior Patriots organization’s football and cheerleading teams. Keefe, past president of Revere Pop…
