The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra returns to St. Anthony’s Church Sunday, December 4, at 4 p.m. for Revere’s annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas” Concert. This year’s concert marks the 35th anniversary of the event, which was first presented in 1976 as a way to cap off the City’s celebrations of the...
The Paul Revere School staff might be well versed on education, but administrators took a cue from the past last week to spell out success for their students. Under the guidance of Principal Barbara Kelly, the school registered and paid to be part of the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee competition this fall. Last Friday,...
Along with Thanksgiving this year comes a good deal of hope for those in Beachmont who are continuing the fight to save their Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Organizer John Verrengia said there would be a Mass on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27th, at 10 a.m. It will be celebrated by a Catholic priest at...
There’s a lot to be thankful for when living in the United States, but this Thanksgiving, one thing there won’t be a lot of thanks for is the rising price of the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner. A recent national survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) showed that the cost of a Thanksgiving Dinner...
The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and we begin to wonder – where has the year gone and my, isn’t it flying by? What has it brought us and do we have anything to give thanks for? For those of you reading this, you should be grateful for having been given another year of...
Monday, Nov. 14th Darryln Belliveau, 53, of 18 Burnett Rd, was charged with operating a motor vehicle negligently to endanger, malicious destruction of property over $250, assault and battery on a police officer, and rude and disorderly conduct. Jose Vaquerano, 35, of Everett, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of...
Nothing, and everything, will be on the line when the Revere and Winthrop High football teams clash for the 81st time on Thanksgiving morning at 10:00 a.m. at Miller Field in Winthrop. Neither team has any post-season prospects that are dependent upon Thursday morning’s score on the Miller Field scoreboard when time expires. But...
Edith Bevilacqua Longtime head chef at Paul Revere School Edith (Milano) Bevilacqua of Revere died unexpectedly on November 16. She was 86 years old, Mrs. Bevilacqua began her working career as a seamstress and for the last 25 years of her employment she was the head chef at the Paul Revere School in Revere....
Jessica Ann Giannino made Revere political history in the 2011 election when she became the youngest person ever elected to a councilor-at-large seat on the Revere City Council. Giannino, a 20-year-old sophomore at Salem State College, finished a strong fourth in a field of 11 candidates, receiving 3,590 votes in her first run for...
The Federal Courthouse in Boston was transformed into a theatre for Revere-style chicanery on Monday, as former Revere Police officer Todd Randall was ordered held after a hearing that involved an allegation of him fighting with infamous blogger Richard Ireton at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Brown Circle. Randall, his wife, FBI agents and others...
The battle is not over in the Council at-large race more than one week after the results were officially posted and the victory parties have long-since died out. At issue will be a recount of the vote concerning the razor-thin, 10-vote difference between Councillor-elect Steven Morabito and defeated incumbent Councillor John Correggio. After having...
Underlying the excitement of the vote in last Tuesday’s City Election was the absence of a vote, with fewer than 10,000 votes cast in a hotly contested set of elections. On an exceptionally beautiful autumn day, in a race that featured a heated race for an open mayoral seat and a feisty at-large City...
Beginning in January and for the next four years, Dan Rizzo will be leading this city as its mayor. His victory last week was substantial, revealing that his strength is citywide and that it comes from many different constituencies in the rapidly changing city. Rizzo has pledged himself to a great effort to make...
George Rotondo’s retirement from city politics is not what he expected when he was starting out on his mayoral run. He saw himself as the mayor of this city and he worked hard to achieve that end. But when all the votes were counted, he finished out of the money, so to speak. There...
The Revere Police Department is to be praised for capturing the alleged thief who had been stealing the city’s manhole covers. The police caught him red-handed, arrested him and confiscated a number of manhole covers he had in the back of his truck. This is good work nicely done. Hopefully, this will put an...
The Revere High football team played very well for most of their contest against a formidable Masconomet squad (6-4 overall, 3-1 CAL/NEC 1) Friday evening under the lights of Harry Della Russo Stadium. The Patriots put together some nice drives on offense and overall played well on defense throughout the game. However, as has...
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Christopher J. Fisher, 45, of 365 North Shore Rd., was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on charges of illegal possession of a Class A controlled narcotic substance and resisting arrest. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Michael J. Oldoni, 54, of 145 Cooledge St., was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle...
Ann Collins Former Head Secretary of the Mass. Parole Board Ann T. (O’Brien) Collins of Alabama, formerly of Everett and Revere, died on November 10 and fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church on November 9. She was 88 years old. Born in Everett on October 21, 1923 to James and Mary (Cook)...
Dan Rizzo is Revere’s mayor-elect following a strong effort throughout the city which left his challenger George Rotondo 1500 votes behind. The final vote was Rizzo 5429 to Rotondo 3938. Rizzo scored 57% of the vote. Rotondo scored 41%. The outcome didn’t surprise Rizzo supporters and organizers who outnumbered Rotondo’s by a wide margin....
The Council will have a much younger face in 2012 as three candidates under 35 were swept in during a City Council at-large race that was nip and tuck to the very end. The fifth seat in the at-large race was determined by a mere 10 votes, with Steven Morabito besting Incumbent Councillor John...
