As Revere teachers continue to work with an expired contract, the Revere Teachers Association has joined with other educator unions in the North Shore in participating in a work-to-rule. The educator unions in Beverly, Gloucester, Marblehead, and Revere all voted…
Author: Adam Swift
Public Health Department Updates Council on Opioid Settlement Funds
The city’s public health and SUDHI (Substance Use Disorder and Homelessness Initiatives) offices plan on using about $150,000 in opioid settlement money in FY25 on several opioid abatement programs. At Monday night’s city council meeting, representatives from the office updated…
Council Tables Vote on Marijuana
The city council tabled a vote on legalizing recreational marijuana at its meeting on Monday. Earlier in the evening, the legislative affairs subcommittee voted to recommend the legalization. However, the zoning subcommittee voted to keep a zoning ordinance that would…
Julia Cervantes Appointed Veterans’ Agent
The city council unanimously approved the appointment of Julia Cervantes as Revere’s new veterans’ agent at its meeting Monday night. Cervantes’ three-year appointment to the position will run through September of 2027. “Julia has been an asset to the Veterans’…
Pharmacy Sites at Heart of Broadway Planning Vision
As the city moves toward a Broadway Master Plan to help reinvigorate one of the major throughways in the city, much of the focus is on creating a city common or market square concept at the site of the road’s…
Designers Provide Update on New High School Project
Residents got an update on the design plans and the timeline for the Revere High School building project at a public forum last week. The architects are currently about halfway through the design plans for the new school at the…
Council wants Updates on Squire Road Projects
City Councillors are pushing for updates on the status of two Squire Road construction projects. At last week’s meeting, Council President Anthony Cogliandro and Councillor-at-Large Michelle Kelley introduced a motion asking that the owner of the hotel planned for 125…
Council Continues School Security Discussion
Over the past month, the city council has been center stage in the conversation on school safety and security. The conversation has arisen in the wake of several incidents and fights at Revere High School since the end of August.…
Subcommittee to take up Marijuana Sales Ordinance
The city council is continuing to move toward allowing recreational marijuana sales in Revere. Monday night, the council held a public hearing on an ordinance that would allow special permit districts for marijuana sales in the city. Claire Inzerillo of…
Council to Consider Amended Municipal Flagpole Ordinance
A flag use policy for city property submitted by the mayor’s office created some disagreement among city councillors, city officials, and residents at a public hearing at Monday night’s council meeting. “It was the intent of the DEI (Diversity, Equity,…
Council Raises Concerns about Mail Delivery
The city council is looking for answers regarding spotting mail delivery service in Revere.Last week, Councillor-at-Large Anthony Zambuto filed a motion asking the mayor to request a representative from the United States Postal Service appear before the council to address…
Mayor Announces Efforts to Curb Violence at High School
Following the latest fight at Revere High School that saw one teacher injured while trying to break it up, Mayor Patrick Keefe has announced several steps the city is taking to help curb violence in the schools.Those initiatives include an…
Styrofoam Container Ban to Go into Effect Next July
An ordinance banning polystyrene, or Styrofoam, food packaging containers that was passed by the city council in 2021 will finally go into effect on July 1 of next year.“This was passed by the city council in 2021 and it was…
Light turnout in Revere for state primary
As expected, voter turnout was light in Revere and across the state for last week’s state primary election. In Revere, turnout was just over 11.5 percent, with 3,730 of the city’s 32,117 registered voters casting ballots. In the most closely…
City and firefighters sign new three-year contract
The city council approved a new contract with the local firefighters union on Monday night. The memorandum of agreement between the city and Revere Firefighters Local 926 calls for a 3 percent raise for firefighters for each year of the…
HYM Development Addresses Suffolk Downs Progress
Tom O’Brien of HYM Development addressed the fallout from a recent Boston Globe article that stated that work at the Suffolk Downs redevelopment has been halted at Monday night’s city council meeting. The overall plan for the 161-acre Suffolk Downs…
Police Chief, Council Address Speeding and Traffic Issues
Addressing rampant speeding and traffic concerns in the city has been a top goal for the city council and the mayor in recent years. Monday night, Police Chief David Callahan and several other department heads appeared before the council to…
Sannella Appointed to Fill out School Committee Term
Former School Committee member Frederick Sannella was sworn in to fill the remaining committee term of the late Anthony “Tony” Mattera at a joint meeting of the city council and school committee on Monday night. Mattera, a former Revere educator…
City Council unanimously supports fundraising program of Revere Boxing
It was an easy unanimous decision for the city council on Monday night when it approved a temporary fundraising business license for Revere Police Officer Joe Singer and his Revere Boxing Program. The program is in its third year, and…
Council Seeks Legal Opinion on Proposed Flag Ordinance
The city council is seeking a legal opinion on a proposed ordinance that would establish rules and regulations for the display of flags and use of city hall. Steve Morabito, the city’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, presented the…
