By Mayor Brian Arrigo Last week, I announced the formation of a Resident Parking Working Group, which will make recommendations on the implementation of a resident permit parking program for the City. The goal is to have a program in…
Author: Journal Staff
Row, Row, Row A Success
We congratulate the Row Row Row in Revere planning committee for a very successful event that took place Saturday. Row Row Row coordinator Stacey Livote, assistant principal at the Seacoast Academy, and her committee worked hard to bring back this…
Silvestri is an Advocate for Our War Veterans
We remember Marc Silvestri well for his outstanding performances for the Revere High football team at the “old†Harry Della Russo Stadium. Marc was a tough, hard-nosed running back who worked hard on every play, often picking up extra yardage…
Obituaries 08-23-2017
Alice Williams Revere native, resident of Chelsea and Florida Alice L. (Upton) Williams died at the residence of her daughter, Sandra, where she has made her home for the past two years. She was 91 years old. Alice was born…
Revere Recreation Color Night
The air at the Whelan School Park was filled with plumes of color last Saturday, Aug. 12, as hundreds of Revere children of all ages participated in the annual Color Night hosted by Revere Parks and Recreation department.
Journal Reaches New Heights
School committee member Dan Maguire with his wife, Adrienne Maguire, and daughters, Meghan and Michaela, holding copies of the Revere Journal in Machu Picchu, Peru on their recent trip to the Andes Mountains.
Council Approves Easements for Safe Routes by Garfield School
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Monday night, the city council approved numerous easements as part of the Safe Routes to School construction project around the Garfield School. Officials held a public hearing on easements for Avalon Street, Blake Street, Centennial Avenue,…
High Bail for Men Charged with Kidnapping, Firearms
Good police work at the scene from responding Revere Police officers, command staff and Revere Dispatch led to the discovery of a man kidnapped and beaten for a drug debt, as well as an assortment of weapons that included a…
Cable Public Hearing Sees Overwhelming Support for RevereTV
By Sue Ellen Woodcock It was supposed to be a public hearing on the contract Comcast now has with the city as a cable provider. But the meeting turned into nothing but accolades for cable television studio Revere TV. Sure…
News Briefs
City of Revere Overdose Awareness Day On Thursday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m., the City of Revere will host its 2017 Overdose Awareness Day event in the Revere High School Auditorium. The event will feature remarks from elected officials, addiction…
Update on 205 Revere Beach Parkway
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Work is well underway at 205 Revere Beach Parkway, the site of the former Shaw’s Market, and its’s on track for the grand opening of a five-story, 132 key hotel and a six-story, 124 unit residential…
Police Briefs 08-16-2017
Revere Police NEWS OVERDOSES HIT REVERE A rash of overdoses and fatal overdoses hit the region last weekend, with one death from a suspected overdose coming on Malden Street in Revere. Revere Police and other departments in the area, including…
Letters to the Editor
THANK YOU Dear editor: I would like to express my appreciation to those who supported the recent Taft St. Relief Fundraiser. First and foremost, thank you to the Revere Elks, exalted ruler Kenneth Buckley, and secretary Laura Smith for generously…
Additional Racing Dates At Suffolk Downs
All-too-often, it is easier to say, “No,†than to say, “Yes.†However, the decision by the owners of Suffolk Downs to go before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) last week to request two more days of thoroughbred racing is yet…
School Will Be Back – Drive with Care
With school bells ringing for the start of the 2017-18 school year next week and the week thereafter, commuters will have to adjust to the prospect of schoolchildren and school buses returning to our streets. All of us who drive…
Another Alcohol- Related Tragedy
Perhaps it is because we have children who are teen-agers, but the news Monday morning of the death of a 16 year-old girl on the Merrimack River in a jet ski accident in which alcohol allegedly was involved hit us…
Obituaries 08-16-2017
Matthew Galvin, Jr. Highly esteemed, retired Revere Police Detective Matthew J. Galvin, Jr., retired Revere Police Detective, died peacefully ending a long illness on Thursday, Aug 10, at the Lighthouse Nursing Care Center of Revere. Born in Medford, he was…
Warren Draws Large Crowd for Town Hall Forum at RHS
By Cary Shuman More than 400 people attended a public town hall event hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren Friday at the Revere High School auditorium. The event, which was Warren’s 10th town hall of the year, allowed the Bay State’s…
Impossible Dream Team Reunion:Conigliaro Family Hosts ’67 Sox Celebration Aug 17
By Cary Shuman The Conigliaro family, the Boston Red Sox, and the Farrelly Brothers will host the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox on Thursday, Aug. 17 at Tony C’s on Boylston Street in Boston. Some…
Garfield School Roof to Take Little Longer than Expected
By Seth Daniel The Garfield School roof project is going well this summer, but might end up taking a little longer than expected, according to Supt. Dianne Kelly. Crews have been working on the $7.9 million roof replacement and hurricane…
