Month: June 2022
City Celebrates Pride With Pride Teadance
Annual Revere Moroccan Festival
Revere Boxing Program Receives $5,000 Donation
By Melissa Moore-Randall The Revere Boxing program which is a boxing program for Revere’s high school boys and girls as well as middle schoolers from grades 6-8 recently received a $5,000 donation from the Massachusetts State Police Boxing Team Inc.…
Visconti Calls for a Recess During Presentation on Biolab Safety Regulations
Two things remain apparent on the issue of biolab safety at the life science center being planned as part of HYM’s spectacular development of the Suffolk Downs site. One is that the issue of which biolab safety level [the levels…
State-of-the-Art, Technology-Enabled Warehouse Proposed for Global Petroleum Site on Route 1A
Special To The Journal The transformation of Revere into a vibrant gateway city under the leadership of Mayor Brian Arrigo will hit another major milestone with the redevelopment of the Global Petroleum site on Route 1A. Saracen Properties of Waltham…
News Briefs
RBC Seeks Beautifully Landscaped Homes and Biz. At long last, spring is here and the pandemic is over! What better way to celebrate than to beautify your property? The Revere Beautification Committee (RBC), in continuing its mission of “working to…
State Road Wine and Spirits Flourishing Under New Management
When Philip Drago was working as a baker at Esposito’s Bakery on Squire Road, he would often walk next door to the Dairy Mart store and buy snacks and Mass Lottery tickets. It was there where Drago developed a strong…
Cut 21 | A Food Review
By Victoria Fabbo If you’re looking for a night out in the town without actually going into town take a trip to Cut 21.. The aesthetics of the interior design is modern, plush, and opulent. It even ties to another…
Cut 21 Celebrates Its First Anniversary: Mike Aldi Brings Dining Excitement To Revere Beach
Mike Aldi’s Cut 21 Restaurant on Revere Beach Boulevard will be celebrating its first anniversary in July. The high-end dining jewel is the third of Aldi’s restaurants that have helped boost the culinary options in the city and brought excitement…
Revere’s Record Breaker: Dr. Joseph DeMarco Is About To Be Crowned the Undisputed World Champion of Pushups
Dr. Joseph DeMarco is awaiting official certification from Guinness World Records that he in fact is the most prolific pushup person in his age category in the world. On May 25, DeMarco shattered the eight-hour and twelve-hour world records for…
Board of Health Upholds Fine, Suspension for Sale of Tobacco to Minors
The Revere Board of Health held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, June 23, in the City Council Chambers at Revere City Hall. Chairperson Dr. Drew Bunker and members Dr. Craig Constanza and Nezha Louaddi were in attendance, as well…
ZBA Approves Variances for 30-Unit Building at 810 Washington Avenue
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, June 22, in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber at Revere City Hall. Chairman Michael Tucker and members Aklog Limeneh, John Lopes, Hazem…
Revere Public School Looking To Reconfigure School Busing That Services ‘Extreme Points’ in the City
At last week’s Revere Public School Committee meeting, Revere Assistant Superintendent Dr. Richard Gallucci discussed the need for RPS to reconfigure some school bussing routes so students living in what he called ‘extreme points’ in the city would be better…
Rep. Turco Secures Millions in Funding for Revere and Winthrop
Special to the Journal The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a transportation and infrastructure bill authorizing $10.9 billion for projects, including $2.8 billion for highway upgrades across the Commonwealth and $1.4 billion for sustainable transit modernization. Additionally, State Representative Jeffrey…
Fourth of July Memories
This weekend brings the Fourth of July, the celebration of the birth of our nation and an opportunity for all of us to partake in summertime fun with friends and family. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from…
Guest Op-Ed: MBTA Crisis Is an Emergency for Our Region
By Joe Gravellese When I ran for office two years ago, I did so because I was deeply concerned about the decaying of our transportation system. This crisis impacts the entire Greater Boston region, but is especially challenging to residents…
Guest Op-Ed: Keeping Our City Housed
By Sen. Lydia Edwards & Juan Pablo Jaramillo Revere has long been the quintessential gateway city. With a delicate balance of working-class families that have been here for generations, and a constant flow of immigrants that has continuously renewed our…
Letters to the Editor
On the Council Meeting “Dear Editor, My wife and I bought a house in Revere in 2003. Since then, we’ve raised our two daughters, have been very involved in our community and have become very proud Revere residents. We love…
Boys Track Quartet Wins Medal at National Meet; Breaks RHS Record
They came. They ran. They medaled. (And they set a new Revere High School record.) Four members of the Revere High boys track team, Keny Guerrero, JV Cunha, Ricardo Goncalves, and Mark Marchese, journeyed to Eugene, Oregon, to compete in…
