By Adam Swift The latest round in the drama of building a new Revere High School took place at Monday night’s City Council meeting, with the council voting to request that the current high school site be considered the preferred…
Month: March 2023
Revere Police Sargent Chris Giannino Honored
Human Rights Comm. Adopts Its Vision
The Revere Human Rights Commission (HRC) held its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening, March 9, via Zoom. Chairperson Janine Grillo Marra and fellow commissioners Kourou Pich, Rev. Timothy Bogertmen, Fire Chief Chris Bright, Molly McGee, and Rachid Moukhabir were in…
Council Wants State To Provide Some Mitigation During Tunnel Work Closure
By Adam Swift With the Sumner Tunnel slated to close for a big portion of the summer for reconstruction, some City Councillors would like to see the state’s transportation department provide some relief for local commuters on the Tobin Bridge.…
ConsComm Rejects Application for Duplexes at 6 and14 Beverly St.
The Revere Conservation Commission (ConsComm) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening, March 1, in the City Council Chambers. Chairman John Shue and fellow commissioners Joseph LaValle, Brian Averbach, Robert Cassidy, and Nicholas Rudolph were on hand for the…
Council Approves Additional Funding for New Point of Pines Fire Station
By Adam Swift The City Council unanimously supported a $6.4 million loan order that will allow construction of the long-awaited new Point of Pines Fire Station to get underway. The council initially approved a $9.2 million loan for the fire…
Another Week – Another Mass Shooting in America
The news this week of yet another mass shooting, this time in a private school in a wealthy neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, in which six persons (including three, nine year-old children) were killed, once again has highlighted the need for…
The Iraq War – Never Again
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, a conflict that was broadcast into our living rooms on our TV sets in great detail thanks to the many reporters who were allowed to become “embedded†with…
RHS Athletes Spring Into Action This Week
The 2023 spring athletic season is set to kick into high gear this coming week for Revere High athletes. Coach Lianne Mimmo and the boys’ volleyball team will have the honor of inaugurating the 2023 campaign when they host Brookline on Friday…
Obituaries 03-29-2023
Alida Marino Retired General Manager of Hy-Sil in Revere Family and friends are invited to attend Visiting Hours in the Vertuccio, Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere on Friday, March 31 from 9:30 to 11…
Clark Highlights Riverside Climate Resiliency Project
Congresswoman Katherine Clark received a warm welcome from Mayor Brian Arrigo, state and city officials, and Point of Pines residents for a visit that highlighted the Riverside Climate Resiliency Project. Clark, the current Democratic Whip after serving as Assistant Speaker…
Revere Police and Fire Departments Hold Swearing In Ceremonies
RPD RFD
Officials To Meet on Zero Carbon
By Adam Swift Revere, Chelsea, and Winthrop are in the midst of creating a Zero Carbon Action Plan for the region through the North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). The two organizations…
Arrigo Committee Backs Keefe
Special to the Journal Over 75 campaign staff and supporters of Mayor Brian Arrigo have pledged their support to Ward 4 councilor Patrick Keefe in his bid for the Mayoral election in 2023. The group gathered Sunday to confirm their…
License Commission Takes Up Routine Matters at Meeting
The Revere License Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, March 15, in the City Council Chamber. Chairman Robert Selevitch and fellow commissioner Linda Guinasso were on hand for the meeting. The first item taken up by the commission…
Zoning Amendment Expands Home-Based Childcare
By Adam Swift This spring, the city council will consider a proposed zoning amendment that would make it easier for home childcare businesses to operate in the city and increase the number of children who could attend the daycare businesses.…
Traffic Comm. Will Seek To Include MassDOT for Changes to the Malden St.-Squire Rd. Area
The Revere Traffic Commission once again took up the matter of trying to provide traffic relief for the neighborhood of the grid of streets between Malden St. and Squire Rd. at its monthly meeting last Thursday. But as has been…
Joe Maglione Retires From Revere Department of Public Works
Joe Maglione, one of the city’s longest-serving employees with 36 years of service in the Revere Department of Public Works, has announced his retirement from his position. Maglione, who spent most of his tenure in the DPW’s Water Department, gathered…
Officials, Residents Brace for Full-Time Tunnel Closure for Eight Weeks This Summer
By Stephen Quigley “This will be impactful,†was the way that MassDot official Mike Fielding described the impending closure of the Sumner Tunnel to all traffic for the entire period of July 5 through August 31 at a virtual public…
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
For those of us of Irish descent, whose great-grandparents came to this country at the turn of the 20th century with not much more than the clothes on their backs, whose grandfathers served in WWI, and whose fathers and uncles…
