Kings Dining and Entertainment is hosting an Anti-Valentine’s Day Weekend where to get out some frustrations while over your ex. In addition to regular bowling and dining reservations, on Sunday the 13 and Monday the 14, guests can pay $10…
Month: January 2022
Northeast Metro Tech Will Seek Voter Approval for New School Building
Superintendent David DiBarri and the Northeast Metro Tech Building Committee announce that voters across the District’s 12 sending communities will have the opportunity to approve plans for a new state-of-the-art school building later this month. Northeast currently serves about 1,300…
Baker-Polito Administration Files $5 Billion General Government Bond Bill
The Baker-Polito Administration filed legislation seeking $4.991 billion in capital funds to support core improvements that will enable the Commonwealth to continue delivering critical state services to the people of Massachusetts. The proposal, titled An Act Financing the General Governmental…
Community Pays Tribute to Soldiers Home Chaplain, the Rev. Patrick Healy
They came together as one congregation and one community for a Mass of Christian Burial Monday to say farewell to the Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the long-time chaplain of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. The Rev. Michael O’Hara led the funeral…
Mayor Michelle Wu: Grace Under Pressure
The job of mayor of a large American city never has been easy, but these days the challenges facing our public officials who lead our major metropolitan areas are greater than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a confluence of…
Something Else to Worry About
We were driving on the Expressway the other day and we heard on the radio that the Florida orange crop will be at its lowest output since the 1940s. “What? The 1940s?!?†we thought to ourselves. The point of the…
Letter to the Editor
Please Vote Dear editor, On Tuesday, Jan. 25, voters in Northeast Metro Tech’s 12 sending communities will be asked to approve construction of a new school building through a special referendum. As members of the administration, School Committee, and School…
Bettero Pours in 25 Points in Non-League Game Versus Winthrop
Following up on an All-Scholastic soccer season in which she shattered all of Revere High’s scoring records, Carolina Bettero continues to establish herself as one of the state’s best athletes. Bettero, a 5-foot-9-inch senior captain, scored 25 points, grabbed nine…
RHS Sports Roundup
Two GBL Victories for RHS Boys Basketball Team The Revere High boys basketball team returned to action last week after the one-week hiatus that had been imposed by the Greater Boston League (GBL) because of the surge in cases of…
Obituaries 01-19-2022
Marilyn Jean Buonfiglio Clarke Of Melrose, formerly of Revere Marilyn Jean (Flinkfelt) Buonfiglio Clarke, of Melrose and formerly of Revere and Boston, passed away peacefully at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers on Thursday, December 23 at age 85.…
Scenes from the First Snow of the Year
Lydia Edwards becomes Senator-Elect Edwards following election
Yesterday, voters in Revere and the rest of the First Suffolk & Middlesex district went to the polls and elected City Councilor Lydia Edwards to serve as their next state senator. Once sworn in Edwards will become the first woman…
Council Hears Presentation on New Revere High School Project
The Revere City Council listened intently Monday night as Brian Dakin, construction manager for the new Revere High School project, gave a detailed presentation on all aspects of the project, from the timeline for design and construction, to the costs,…
Arrigo Announces Grant Program to Support Local Businesses and Protect Jobs
Mayor Brian M. Arrigo and the Revere Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) announced $415,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to establish a Microenterprise Grant Program. The program is aimed at microenterprises and aims to help those…
News Briefs
CHA Renames Obstetrics and Gynecology Centers Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) Women’s Health Centers have a new name. All three centers in Cambridge, Somerville and Revere are now called CHA Obstetrics and Gynecology Centers. CHA Obstetrics and Gynecology Centers focus on…
Revere Residents Will Vote on New Regional High School Project on Jan. 25
Northeast Regional Vocational High School Committee member Anthony Caggiano is urging Revere residents to vote on Jan. 25 in favor of the new high school project that is being planned for the current site in Wakefield. The referendum will be…
City Commemorates MLK Jr. With Multi-Faceted Tribute
Mayor Brian M. Arrigo announced Revere will observe Martin Luther King Day with “A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.â€, a multi-faceted presentation is a collaboration between Revere Public Schools and the City’s Human Rights Commission that will feature music,…
Saber Abougalala Recognized by Essex Media Group for Excellence
Local businessman and longtime Revere-resident Saber Abougalala has been recognized by Essex Media Group as one its “Persons of the Year†for his compassion and love of the community of Revere. Abougalala, owner of the Good Diner on Broadway since…
Cogliandro Gets Approval on Parking Changes, Park Upgrades
Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro went 2-for-2 in his first-ever motions, gaining approval from the Council for non-residential, after-midnight street park near local businesses and for improvements at Jacob’s Park on Hastings Street. Cogliandro, who was elected to his first…
Morabito Fails to Secure Roll Call Vote on City-Wide Mask Mandate
Councillor-at-Large Steven Morabito said he was “disappointed†that most of his colleagues did not support his request for a roll call vote on a temporary city-wide indoor mask mandate to help slow the surge in COVID-19 cases. Morabito said he…
