There are only a handful of moments in the last 100 years when there has been a new City Clerk named in Revere. Some 30 years ago, that moment was bestowed upon now-retiring Clerk John Henry. Monday night, new City Clerk Ashley Melnik got to bask in that moment – being named Revere’s newest...
Whether it was the distraction of emotion, grieving or something much worse, Revere Police Officer William Soto just could not get the sequence straight on the witness stand last Thursday and Friday when he attempted to recount the exact moment that Officer Dan Talbot was shot. Soto – Talbot’s best friend since their teen...
Auctioneer supreme Paul Saperstein is scheduled to appear in front of the land where the Ocean Club was going to rise for the purpose of auctioning the land Wednesday morning, according to legal notices filed in Suffolk County. Steve Fustolo, the lead developer of the Ocean Club – intended to be a multi-condo, high...
The Revere High boys basketball team turned in what head coach Rick Hayes termed “our best all around game of the season” to earn a 73-66 victory over Chelsea last week. The highly touted Red Devils, who entered the contest with an 11-1 record that includes victories over Division 1 teams such as Salem...
The Revere High girls basketball team, coming off their week long break from competition because of exam week, got back into action last Friday night and pummeled Winthrop, 67-41. The contest was a bit closer than the final score might indicate, as the Lady Patriots held a slim three point advantage midway through the...
The Revere High girls indoor track team, led by Jessica Simpson’s 6.33 points, defeated Lynn Classical last week, 53.66 to 27.34, as the Lady Patriots captured six of the nine first places in the meet. Jessica won the 1000 in a time of 3:34.6 and tied for second in the high jump with a...
The Revere High hockey team pumped in five goals in an opening period barrage and never looked back en route to a 7-0 triumph over former GBL rival Everett last Wednesday. Five different Patriots lit the lamp for Coach Jim Palumbo’s squad, Jay Sasso, Dale Paradise, Pat Bartol, Anthony Noel, and Sean Dean. Sasso...
Hockey fans in the Northeastern Conference have known that Revere High center Jay sasso is one of the top players on the North Shore, but now Jay will display his talents on a state wide level when he takes part in the first annual Massachusetts State Hockey Coaches Association All Star game to be...
“Close but no cigar,” or, “Close only counts in horseshoes,” you can choose your proverb for the Revere High boys track team, who fought hard and fought well, but in the end dropped a 45.5 to 40.5 decision to Lynn Classical last week in a meet that was decided in the last event, the...
“Close but no cigar,” or, “Close only counts in horseshoes,” you can choose your proverb for the Revere High boys track team, who fought hard and fought well, but in the end dropped a 45.5 to 40.5 decision to Lynn Classical last week in a meet that was decided in the last event, the...
The election of Senator Scott Brown was not exactly a surprise to Revere voters. By the time election day had come around last week, everyone here who takes some interest in politics – which is just about everyone – had the strong feeling that Martha Coakley was not going to make it and that...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 Jose Kamandi Iglesias, 32, of 181 Campbell Ave., was arrested on charges of the manufacture and distribution of a Class A controlled narcotic substance (heroin), violating the drug free school zone, and operating a motor vehicle after his right to operate had been revoked. Joshua S. Minardi, 23, of Lynn, was...
Rev. Joseph Manning Retired Air Force Chaplain Rev. Joseph P. Manning, a native of Revere, died unexpectedly at his Cape Cod home on January 24. He was 75 years old. Father Manning was a Revere native who moved with his family to Arlington in 1950. He was a graduate of Matignon High School in...
Eyewitnesses to the shooting of Officer Dan Talbot took the stand late last week in the murder trial in Boston, both testifying as state’s witnesses due to a cooperating agreement with the prosecution. Both young men said they saw defendant Robert Iacoviello Jr. fire off shots, but neither could say definitively that they saw...
It was a hot evening in Haiti’s tropical capital of Port-au-Prince last Tuesday, January 12. Scenes of “total terror” were the last thing on anyone’s mind. Most who work were just arriving home. Others were preparing dinner in the way that those in Haiti do, most of the time over a fire – doing...
In action at the Officer Dan Talbot murder trial last Friday, fringe witnesses to various parts of the crime took the stand with some interesting developments. Perhaps the strongest witness in some time for the prosecution was 17-year-old Marilyn Cardona – who was only a young teen when the crime unfolded. Cardona testified of...
The Revere High girls basketball team got back on the winning track, capturing both contests that they played this past week. Coach Diana DeCristoforo’s Lady Patriots defeated two Northeastern Conference foes, Marblehead, 53-44, and then handily took the measure of Saugus, 61-28, last Tuesday. The Revere girls now stand at a lofty 7-3 on...
The Revere High boys indoor track team flew past former GBL rival Everett 58.5-30.5 last Monday afternoon. Leading the way for Coach Jack Mosco’s squad was senior Souhil Arachiche, who sped to victory in the 50 yard dash in 6.0 second; took second in the high jump with a leap of 5-4; and ran...
The Revere High girls indoor track team earned two victories in recent meets, defeating former GBL rival Everett last Monday, 71-15, and topping Northeastern Conference rival Salem, 55-31, the week before. The Lady Patriots dominated the meet with Everett, winning every event en route to a 71-15 victory. First place finishers for Revere were:...
The Revere High boys basketball team put together a solid two way effort to earn a 52-45 win over Marblehead at the RHS fieldhouse Friday evening. The Patriots trailed at the half, 23-21, but turned that deficit into a 39-35 advantage after three quarters. Revere remained in control the rest of the way, refusing...
