It is always prom season at The Ultimate and even more so now that sisters and business partners Heather Siegel and Fawn Merlino have opened their brand new dress store on Route 1 South in Peabody. Months ahead of the…
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Gun Violence Report to Urge Disclosure on Mental Health Records
A statewide report on gun ownership and gun violence will be in the hands of House Speaker Bob DeLeo (D-Winthrop) as soon as this week and will likely contain recommendations to increase the disclosure of state mental health records for…
Powers, Rotondo out; Nowicki Backs Vincent: State Representative Race Primary Is March 4
Two more candidates have dropped out of the state representative race this week, and a former candidate has endorsed candidate RoseLee Vincent. Paul Nowicki, a long-time community activist and former President of the Chelsea City Council, announced late last week…
Uncertainty for RHS Ice Hockey Season
The Revere High School (RHS) hockey team – which was likely bound for the state tournament in only the second year for Head Coach Joe Ciccarello – is on the verge of having to forfeit all of its eight wins…
Hill School Groundbreaking to Be in February
The groundbreaking for the new Hill School will likely come in the second week of February, according to City officials. Superintendent Paul Dakin said the schools are ramping up for the groundbreaking and the upcoming construction project – something that…
Forward Momentum: Rizzo Honors Several Residents in Annual State of City Address
Mayor Dan Rizzo recalled several noteworthy events from 2013, made an extensive pitch for the casino project at Suffolk Downs and honored several residents for achievements during a 40-minute State of the City speech in front of the City Council…
RoseLee Vincent Officially Announces for State Rep.
RoseLee Vincent has officially announced she is a candidate for the 16th Suffolk District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Vincent, a lifelong Revere resident, has 25 years of experience working at the Statehouse as Chief of Staff to…
Going Underground In Callahan Tunnel Project
With the Callahan Tunnel Rehabilitation Project runÂning a bit ahead of schedule, we were given the opportuÂnity to walk the tunnel on Wednesday as construction work took place. The schedÂuled re-opening date remains March 12th, but MassDOT executives appeared optimisÂtic…
Race Heats up for Rep. Seat
The crowded field of potential candidates that emerged last week in the race for Kathi-Anne Reinstein’s state representative seat has thinned out considerably in just a week’s time. Those who have ponied up and are continuing on are, from Revere,…
Mohegan Sun Officials Tell Council of Unique Elements in Resort Plan
Mohegan Sun officials appeared at the City Council on Monday night and painted a dazzling picture of rooftop gardens, solar power, electrical generation plants and food scraps from the resort that would be turned into natural gas via a company…
Councillors Vote to Restore Funding Levels
One of the first actions of new Council President Tony Zambuto would likely increase the Council’s expense account by $120 per month. Zambuto introduced his motion on Monday night as the last piece of business at the meeting calling for…
Mohegan Featured on CBS’s ‘undercover Boss’
Over the past year, casino operators from Vegas to Connecticut have been trying to give residents of Massachusetts a behind-the-scenes look at employee experiences in their respective companies. This Friday, Jan. 10, one need to look no further than the…
New England Weather
While late last week and the weekend brought loads of snow of frigid temperatures, Monday brought unseasonably warm temperatures for about a day. In fact, the warm up was so extreme that dense fog rolled in over nearly the entire…
Decisions, Decisions MGC Begins to Review Huge Phase 2 Applications from Mohegan, Wynn
After spending nearly $12 million to do extensive background checks on resort casino applicants, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has switched gears this week for the final stretch in the Greater Boston casino licensing process after accepting Phase 2 applications…
Abandoned Dog Problem Continues in Revere
As one abandoned dog story came to a happy ending during the Christmas holiday, seven more sad stories emerged for the folks at Ocean View Kennels – who hold a contract with the City to care for abandoned pooches found…
Reinstein To Resign House Seat
State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein officially resigned suddenly from her state representative seat on Thursday morning – a somewhat surprising turn of events that has her taking a job with Jamaica Plain’s Boston Beer Company, brewers of the Sam Adams beers.…
Candidates Lining up For House Seat
The news of an open state representative seat late last week quickly turned into a who’s in and who’s out discussion – as many local pols in Revere and Chelsea continue to weigh their options in regards to making a…
Reinstein Resigns Seat Abruptly, Many Local Pols Weighing Options
State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein officially resigned from her state representative seat on Thursday morning – a somewhat surprising turn of events that has her taking a job with Jamaica Plain’s Boston Beer Company, brewers of the Sam Adams beers. She…
Revere’s Woman and Man of the Year: Eileen Merullo Turns Thoughts into Action for a Better Community
There are a lot of people who have ideas about making the community better. Few of those people actually put action behind those ideas. Even fewer of them find a successful ending to such a thing in less than a…
City Council Backs HCA Agreement
Revere City Councillors gave a unanimous vote of confidence to the new host community agreement (HCA) with Mohegan Sun on Friday morning and set a new referendum vote for Feb. 25. “We are absolutely thrilled with this agreement,†said City…
