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…
Author: John Lynds
MBTA Blue Line Service Changes Another Headache for Revere Residents
At every meeting leading up to the Sumner Tunnel restoration project that began earlier this month, MassDOT officials promised they were coordinating with the MBTA to ensure public transit options and that the T was committed to uninterrupted Blue Line…
Fran Rowan Meridian House To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Next Tuesday
In January 1972 a small article appeared in the East Boston Community News inviting the community to a ‘housing warming’ hosted by the staff of a new halfway-house that had opened three months prior on Meridian Street. It was the…
Safety First: Revere School Committee To Plan Larger Meeting To Discuss School Safety and Protocols in Wake of Texas School Shooting
The Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 students and two teachers at the school is still very much on everyone’s mind, especially those who work daily at schools in Revere and across the country. At the…
Area Officials Demand Better Mitigation for Sumner Tunnel Toll Project
Area residents got the first taste of what it is going to be like living with the scheduled weekend closures of the Sumner Tunnel for the next 36 weeks that will culminate in a full closure of the tunnel for…
Revere High School Graduates Class of 2022
On Tuesday evening over 400 Revere High School seniors walked the stage at Harry Della Russo Stadium and received their diplomas as part of the high school’s graduation exercise. The evening kicked off with the traditional procession of the Class…
Christopher Bowen Tapped As New RHS Principal: Caitlin Reilly Will Serve As Deputy Principal
Last week, Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly announced Christopher Bowen will take over as Revere High School Principal next year and Caitlin Reilly will be the school’s next Deputy Principal. Bowen and Reilly will take over leadership of…
Recent Fire Shouldn’t Affect Suffolk Downs Simulcasting for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes: Planned Outdoor Summer Activities at the Track Also To Move Forward
Last Monday’s six-alarm fire that tore through the Suffolk Downs Racetrack’s grandstand press box did cause some damage but Sterling Suffolk Racecource’s Chip Tuttle said the historic track should be up and running for simulcasting for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. When…
Sumner Tunnel Traffic Nightmare To Begin This Week: Weekend Closures Start This Friday, June 10
At a meeting in 2017, MassDOT officials, in response to the daily gridlock during the morning commute caused by the reconfiguration of the Sumner Tunnel toll plaza, were forced to admit they used outdated traffic data when preparing for the…
Six-Alarm Fire Rips Through Suffolk Downs’ Grandstand
A six alarm blaze late Monday night tore through a portion of the former Suffolk Downs racetrack’s historic grandstand. According to the Boston Fire Department the blaze began at just before 11 pm when a fire erupted inside the grandstand’s…
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…
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…
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…
School Committee Votes No on School Choice
Each year around this time the Revere School Committee is required by Massachusetts Law to hold a public hearing to discuss and vote in favor or against the enrollment of non-Revere resident students into Revere Public Schools. Some cities in…
Personnel Subcommittee Meeting Discusses Funding New Positions
At last week’s Revere School Committee Personnel Subcommittee meeting Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly presented the committee with a list of suggested positions that Revere Public Schools hoped to fill as part of the new budget. At the…
Revere High School Picks Freshman Abigail McHugh As New Poet Laureate
Revere High School freshman Abigail McHugh has been writing poetry since she was 11 as a way of expressing her feelings. Now 15-years-old and with several years of writing poetry under her belt Abby, as she’s known at RHS, heard…
Traffic Impact: Summer Tunnel Weekend Closures To Start Next Month
Work to completely overhaul the decaying Sumner Tunnel will begin next month with weekend closures scheduled to begin on June 10 and last for 36 weeks. The work in the tunnel will culminate with a full closure of the Sumner…
MSBA Votes to Send New RHS Into the Schematic Design Phase
Three months after the School Committee, the School Building Committee and the Revere City Council voted to recommend the former Wonderland Dogtrack as the preferred site for a new Revere High School (RHS), the project has hit another benchmark. At…
RHS Holds Focus Groups for New RHS Principal and Vice Principal
Led in part by the Revere Public School Committee’s Student Representative Elni De Jesus, Revere High School held several focus groups with staff, parents and students at the end of March to find out what they are looking for in…
