Omicron Variant Detected in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that genetic sequencing has identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant for the first time in a case in Massachusetts. The individual is a female in her 20s…
Month: December 2021
Senate Special Election Set for Tuesday, Dec. 14
Revere residents will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 14 to cast their ballots in the First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate Special Primary Election. Revere School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio and Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards are the two…
And Then There Were Two: RHS Building Committee Narrows Down Potential Sites to Two
At a recent virtual meeting of the Revere High School Building Committee, committee members voted 9-1 to narrow down site options for building of a new Revere High School to only two potential sites in the city. At the meeting…
ConsComm Hears of DCR’s Plans for Sullivan Park Makeover
The Revere Conservation Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, December 1. Chairman John Shue and three of his fellow commissioners, Heather Legere, Joseph LaValle, and Robert Cassidy, were on hand for the meeting, as was the commission’s highly-efficient…
McKenna, HYM Team Up for Revere’s Bus Riders
Through the diligent efforts of Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna and the generosity of HYM, developer of the Suffolk Downs project, Revere bus riders now have a new bench on Furlong Drive. During her first year in office in 2015,…
Councillor Guinasso Receives Standing ‘O’
Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso received a standing ovation from his colleagues after chairing his last Appointments Sub-Committee meeting Monday night. The dean of the City Council with 34 years of service, Guinasso is stepping down from his position after…
The Revere Society of Culture and Historic Preservation (RSCHP) Hosts Annual Holiday Party and Unveils a Revere Beach Painting
Last Saturday afternoon President of the RSCHP Bob Upton and the staff at the Revere Museum hosted their annual holiday gathering, open to the public. This gives many the opportunity to stop by and visit and see Revere’s rich historic…
Closing the Wealth Gap for Revere Entrepreneurs
Special to the Journal The City of Revere’s Small Business Division within the Department of Planning & Community Development has partnered with the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) and JPMorgan Chase to host a small business webinar series in an…
Tumultuous Meeting for Human Rights Commission
The Revere Human Rights Commission (HRC) held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, December 2, in the City Council Chambers. Chairperson Janine Grillo Marra called the meeting to order and took the roll call of commissioners. Her fellow commissioners on…
Turner Construction Company Supports Revere Veterans With Annual Mac and Cheese “Mac Attack†Drive
The Turner Construction Company Boston team has established a unique way to support local, former servicemen and women and their families by holding an annual macaroni and cheese, “Mac Attack,†donation drive. The 2021 drive was the team’s fourth annual…
Legislature Passes American Rescue Plan Act, FY21 Surplus Spending Bill
On Friday, December 3, the Massachusetts Legislature advanced a $4 billion bill to the governor’s desk that directs federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) surplus funding to assist the Commonwealth’s ongoing economic recovery from the…
735 Households in Revere Received $5.5 Million in Emergency Rental Assistance in FY21
Special to the Journal Since 2013, Metro Housing|Boston has documented the effectiveness of Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT), a homelessness prevention program for households with low incomes that are experiencing a housing crisis. However, the pandemic has changed…
Metro Beaches Commission and Advocates Call for Better Beach Access for People With Disabilities
The Metropolitan Beaches Commission and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay convened a Virtual Public Hearing focused on improving access for people with disabilities on the Commonwealth’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and…
Councillors Support Giannino, Serino in Opposition to Expansion at Wheelabrator
The Revere City Council voted 8-1 to join Councillors Jessica Giannino and Richard Serino in stating their opposition to a vertical expansion at Wheelabrator in Saugus. Council President Anthony Zambuto was the lone councillor to not support the statement. Following…
RHS Model UN Participates in REVMUN IV Conference
Special to the Journal Twenty-one members of the Revere High School Model UN club recently participated in the REVMUN IV Conference where they acted as members of the Human Rights Council focused on the issue of Human Rights in China.…
Dining/Entertainment Wynn Proposes Along Everett’s Lower Broadway
Special to the Journal Wynn Development DBA East Broadway LLC, has announced that the company has filed plans with the City of Everett for a mixed-use development project along Lower Broadway, located across from Encore Boston Harbor. The initial phase…
Clark Touts Infrastructure Bill at Deer Island
Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark toured the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s (MWRA) Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Tuesday afternoon to help promote the clean water infrastructure provisions in the recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bipartisan infrastructure law…
Yawkey Foundation Commits $15 Million to Pine Street Inn: Transformational Gift Will Help Create 400-500 Permanent Housing Units
Today, Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless services organization, announced that it has received a transformational gift of $15 million from the Yawkey Foundation to advance Pine Street Inn’s goal of ending homelessness by making permanent housing a reality…
Revere CARES Mini-Grant Program Accepting Applications
You got ideas, and we’re funding them. The mini-grant program, hosted by the Revere CARES coalition, is now accepting applications until January 21th for innovative ideas that promote a healthier community for all. Since its creation in 2012, the mini-grant…
North Shore Philharmonic Makes a Resounding Return to Revere
Special to the Journal Hundreds of concert-goers poured into St. Anthony’s Church Sunday for the annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas†Concert, bringing with them two truckloads of food for the associated Food Drive and resuming a 45-year…
