If the past is prologue, residents in East Boston are preparing themselves for another traffic nightmare in 2023. At back to back informational meetings last week, MassDOT announced it will close the Sumner Tunnel for a full four months during…
Author: John Lynds
RPS Hosts Vaccine Webinar to Encourage Teen Vaccination
With only one of the three currently available COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in teens 16 or older, Revere Public Schools hosted an online Webinar last week to encourage more high schoolers to get vaccinated. Right now the Pfizer vaccine…
RPS Holds Visioning Workshop
Last Tuesday night Revere Public Schools hosted a “Virtual Community Visioning Workshop” that focused on setting educational and architectural priorities for the new Revere High School project. During the hour and half long workshop a good amount of time was…
RHS Graduation Planned for June 8
With COVID numbers down, and more and more residents getting vaccinated each day it looks as though this year’s Revere High School (RHS) graduation ceremony will be different than the 2020 RHS graduation. During the height of the pandemic last…
Rockland Trust Will Acquire East Boston Savings Bank
Officials from East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) and Rockland Trust announced last week that the two banks have inked a merger agreement for Rockland to acquire EBSB’s parent company, Meridian Bancorp., thus acquiring EBSB in a $1.15 billion deal. Under…
RPS Officials to Hold Visioning Workshop for New High School Next Week
On Tuesday, April 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Revere Public Schools (RPS) will host a “Virtual Community Visioning Workshop” that will focus on setting educational and architectural priorities for the new Revere High School project. According to RPS Superintendent…
RPS Poised for a Great Fiscal Year
At the Revere Public School Committee Ways and Means meeting last week Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly reported that RPS has kicked off its lengthy budget process and funding for next year looks better than it has in decades. “This coming…
Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Downing Outlines His Climate Plan
With recent state legislation passed that will once and for all set criteria of what defines environmental justice communities like Revere –Gubernatorial Candidate, former State Senator and Eastie resident Ben Downing outlined his climate plan that he’d make a priority…
Revere Public Schools Launches Dashboard That Tracks School COVID-19 Positive Cases
In a co-authored letter by Mayor Brian Arrigo and Revere Public School (RPS) Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly that was sent home to parents last week, the city and RPS offcials announced a new dashboard that gives families the number of…
Pool Testing Pilot Program to Expand This Week at RPS
At a recent Revere Public School Committee Webinar, Bill Jacobson, the head of the state’s “pool testing” program, went over the current COVID-19 pool testing pilot program at Revere schools that will become fully implemented this week. The volunteer program…
MACIR programs 2,500 ChromeBooks for Revere Public Schools
Students from Revere MACIR (Moroccan American Connections in Revere) IT training program configured and barcoded another 2,500 ChromeBooks for Revere Public Schools. With the programming of ChromeBooks for students over the summer and at the beginning of the school year…
Recovery on the Harbor cuts ribbon
A new resource center for people in recovery from drugs opened its doors in Orient Heights Square earlier this month. Run by North Suffolk Mental Health Association (NSMH) Recovery on the Harbor at 983 Bennington St. will offer those in…
Garfield School’s Herwig Named Health Educator of the Year
At last week’s Revere Public School Committee meeting, committee member Stacey Rizzo announced that Garfield Middle School Health Educator Jill Herwig was recently named Health Educator of the Year by the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.…
Revere Students and Parents Call for Substantial State Funding as Schools Reopen
With the promised funding from the landmark education bill that was signed into law before the COVID pandemic hit is still up in the air, Revere students and parents on Tuesday called for the state to fully fund the Student…
Revere Teachers Stage Protest
On Monday afternoon outside the Rumney Marsh Academy members of the Revere Teachers Association (RTA) held a stand out and car parade calling for common sense school safety as teachers head back to school. RTA members continue to argue that…
Longtime Santarpio’s Cook, Baliram Rishi “Richie” Boodoosingh Dies at 46
If you picked up a Santarpio’s Pizza from the kitchen during the week you most likely got to know Baliram Rishi “Richie” Boodoosingh. Revere resident Richie was one of Santarpio’s top pizza cooks and for the last 25 years was…
Revere High to Partner with North Suffolk Mental Health
Through a state grant, Revere High School will partner with North Suffolk Mental Health to deliver mental health and substance abuse services to students. The Baker-Polito Administration made the announcement this week and the partnership between Revere High and North…
Manny Lopes Honored by Boston City Council; Shares Honor with Fellow EBNHC Team Members
Last week East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes was recognized at the Boston City Council’s Annual Black History Month Celebration as the Council honored Black essential workers in the City of Boston for their leadership during…
Sen. Boncore Reappointed Chair of Transportation
Sen. Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop) was recently re-appointed by Senate President Karen Spilka to once again chair the Joint Committee on Transportation. Boncore, who represents Revere, East Boston, Winthrop, the North End, Beacon Hill and part of Cambridge, was first appointed…
97-Year-Old Eastie World War II Veteran Receives Vaccine from Military
Last week, 97-year-old East Boston resident and World War II veteran Louis Ricci received his second COVID-19 vaccine with the help of the U.S. Military at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC). Mr. Ricci was welcomed into the Health…
