Month: June 2022
Arrigo Announces New Office of Travel and Tourism
Special to the Journal Last week on Revere Beach Mayor Brian Arrigo announced the new Revere Office of Travel and Tourism, Next Stop Revere: By Land, By Sea, or T. Subsequently, Mayor Arrigo announced Charlie Giuffrida, currently the Assistant Director…
RHS Graduation Set For Next Tuesday at Stadium
Next Tuesday evening 415 Revere High School seniors will walk the stage at Harry Della Russo Stadium and receive their diplomas as part of the high school’s in-person graduation exercise. Revere High School (RHS) Valedictorian Jennie Pich, Salutatorians Nicholas Gerasev…
News Briefs
Auction & Summer Camp Scholarship Fundraiser Set for June 16 Salesian Boys & Girls Club will be hosting our 13th Annual Auction & Summer Camp Scholarship Fundraiser on Thursday evening, June 16th, at 6:00 p.m. Join us as we come…
ZBA Allows Reconfiguration of Lots on American Legion Highway for New Starbucks
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, May 25, in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber at Revere City Hall. Chairman Michael Tucker and members Aklog Limeneh, John Lopes, Hazem…
HYM’s O’Brien Praises Arrigo for Leadership Role in Redevelopment Project
HYM Investment Group founding partner and managing director Thomas N. O’Brien praised Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo for his key role in the Suffolk Downs Redevelopment Project at the groundbreaking ceremonies held May 24. In his introductory remarks, O’Brien said that…
Revere Beach’s Water Quality Slipped a Bit in 2021 But Still Gets an A
On Memorial Day Revere Beach was packed with swimmers and sunbathers for the unofficial start of summer. From here on in as the weather warms to summer temperatures residents and visitors to Revere Beach are sure to enjoy months of…
Revere Board of Health Anticipates New Regulations for Bio-Safety
The Revere Board of Health held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday evening, May 26, in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Dr. Drew Bunker, the chairperson, and fellow members Dr. Craig Costanza and Nezha Louaddi were on hand…
EBNHC President and CEO Greg Wilmot Appointed to Boston’s Board of Health
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Greg Wilmot was named one of two new board members appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu to the Boston Board of Health. Mayor Michelle Wu made the announcement last Thursday and Wilmot will…
Sen. Edwards Secures $160K for Revere Programs in Senate Version of Budget
Last week the state Senate approved a nearly $50 billion budget with Senator Lydia Edwards able to earmark $160,000 for Revere-based programs and initiatives as well as another $1 million for a regional ferry. Edwards’ $1 million amendment, by far…
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden Launches Pilot Alternative Justice Program
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced the creation of a restorative justice pilot program that will bring victims, offenders and community members together to create a case resolution option outside of the traditional court sentencing process. The Suffolk Restorative Justice…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Miller Among University of Scranton Graduates Class of 2022 Brejaunasha S. Miller of Revere was among more than 500 master’s and doctoral degrees conferred at its graduate commencement ceremony on May 21 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza,…
Congratulations to the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…
Guest Op-Ed: Revere Housing Coalition Statement on the Inclusionary Zoning
By Lor Holmes Skyrocketing housing costs are displacing Revere residents like never before. When a family is forced to move to find affordable housing, their sometimes generations-deep connections to the community are broken, and Revere loses a little part of…
RHS Sports Roundup
Goncalves Finishes Sixth in 400 Hurdles at D-1 Meet Revere High star hurdler Ricardo Goncalves brought home a sixth-place medal in the 100 meter hurdles at Sunday’s Division 1 State Meet that was held at Hingham High School. Ricardo finished…
A Star in Stripes: Restiano Set To Begin Career in College Basketball Officiating
Gena Restiano could dribble, shoot, dish, and score with the best of them in Revere High School girls basketball history. Now the RHS and Suffolk alumna has her sights on another aspect of the game: officiating. Restiano, 27, made a…
Obituaries 06-01-2022
Rachel Lombardi Retired Secretary at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Family and friends are invited to attend visiting hours on Thursday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Vazza’s “Beechwood†Funeral Home, 262 Beach St., Revere for Rachel…