Rosalie Sussman had not seen her daughter, Gloria Dove, for over three months. When the Massachusetts Department of Health issued a no-visitors policy for assisted livings and nursing homes throughout the state due to COVID-19, Rosalie, a resident of Cohen…
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News from the Revere Beautification Committee: RBC Looking for Beautifully Landscaped Homes and Businesses
It seems that warm weather will never come to Revere this year. Just when we think that we have turned the corner, winter-like temperatures return with a vengeance! The Revere Beautification Committee (RBC) would like to have all residents start…
Arrigo Launches Raise up Revere Fund to Support Families, Businesses Through Ongoing COVID-19 Recovery
Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley recently announced the launch of the Raise Up Revere Fund, focused on meeting the immediate needs of Revere families and small businesses that have been most…
2020 International Sand Sculpting Festival Cancelled
The Revere Beach Partnership (RBP) and its co-hosts, the City of Revere and Commonwealth’s Department of Conservation and Recreation, looked forward to hosting their marque event this year, the 17th annual International Sand Sculpting Festival (ISSF).   With great disappointment, we…
Beloved Revere Police Retired K9 Walsh Passes Away
Special to the Journal It is with great sadness that we announce (Retired) Revere Police K9 Walsh peacefully passed away on Wednesday June 10th. His handler, Sgt. Mike Mason and his wife Katie were by his side. K9 Walsh served…
Councillor Guinasso Pays Tribute to His Friend, Ronald Jannino
Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso said his friendship with Ronald Jannino went back several years. “My wife and I became friends with Ron and his wife and during the course of it all, he’s best friends with Kenny Hill, so…
RMV Encouraging Customers to Renew Online Now; Get Upgrade to REAL ID Free in 2021
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is encouraging all eligible customers to renew their standard Massachusetts driver’s license or Massachusetts ID card online at Mass.Gov/RMV any time between now and August 12, 2020, in order to qualify for a…
Gov. Baker Files Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Investment Plan
Special to the Journal Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration released its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Capital Investment Plan on June 17. The spending blueprint maintains existing investments and enables the Administration to continue working with stakeholders across the Commonwealth…
Love will Always Find A Way, Even in The Most Dire Times
Special to the Journal Seven years to the very day they met, Patrick Neal and Elizabeth “Liz†Torres were married. The event took place on Washington Street in Revere at the home of Liz’s God Mother Yolanda Napolitano. The original…
Officials Sign onto Letter Urging Baker to Fully Fund Schools
Last year’s Student Opportunity Act that was signed by Gov. Charlie Baker was a huge win for educators, parents and students as well as cities and towns across the state. The law finally replaced the outdated formula used to fund…
Reopening Massachusetts: Step Two of Phase Two of State’s Four Phase Approach to Reopening Plan Underway
By Lauren Bennett Phase Two, Step Two is officially underway in Massachusetts as of Monday, June 22. At a press conference on June 19, Governor Charlie Baker announced that as part of Step Two of Phase Two of the state’s…
City Council Approves Motion Condemning “Act of Hate Vandalism†on Lantern Road
Special to the Journal The Revere City Council unanimously approved a motion to go on record as denouncing all hateful acts of vandalism in the community, particularly the incident of vandalism that took place on Lantern Road on June 11.…
St. Anthony of Padua Opens Door for Mass
Arrigo Taps Lieutenant David Callahan as RPD Chief
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian M. Arrigo this week named Lieutenant Dave Callahan as Revere’s new Chief of Police, effective July 1. Callahan, 51, replaces retiring interim Chief James Guido. The move comes as law enforcement departments across the…
Council Set to Vote on Fiscal Year ‘21 Budget
City Council President Patrick Keefe said that if Ways and Means subcommittee hearings on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget continue to go smoothly, he expects the full Council to vote on the budget at its June 22 Council meeting. Ways…
Pressing Onward: Wonderland Dry Cleaners Celebrate 75 Years in Revere
As a young boy Joseph Fanale would ride his bicycle from Winthrop to Revere to visit his parents’ business, Wonderland Dry Cleaners, on Broadway. “I’m one of six children and we all worked here at one time or another,†said…
School Committee Member D’Ambrosio Convenes Young Leader Town Hall Program
Anthony D’Ambrosio, the 24-year-old Yale graduate who stunned local political observers with his first-place finish in the School Committee election last fall, has launched a new student-oriented initiative that is already generating significant audiences. D’Ambrosio’s new venture is called the…
Unity Pride Flag Raised at City Hall in Honor of Pride Month
Mayor Brian Arrigo and City Councillor Steven Morabito were joined by City staff and City officials on June 12 to raise an intersectional rainbow flag in front of City Hall in honor of Pride Month. Rainbow colors will also light…
News Briefs
MVES Partners with Action Ambulance to Streamline Communication with Meals on Wheels (Nearly 2,000 consumers in 11 cities and towns rely on Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) for Meals on Wheels home delivery, with close to 3,000 meals provided each…
Contracts for Three Revere Educators Are Not Renewed, Online Petition Launched, Rally Planned
An online petition with over a 1,000 signatures has been circulating on www.actionnetwork.org and sponsored by the Revere Teachers association calling for contracts to be renewed for three Revere educators. The petition and subsequent letter to the Revere School Committee…
