Month: March 2013

The Walking Bus

The Garfield Elementary School invited all students and their families to walk to school with the Garfield Walking School Bus on Weds., March 6th. Walkers power the Garfield walking school bus. The walking bus begins at a walk stop where…

Police Briefs 03-20-2013

QUICK STOP HIT TWICE Knife-wielding thieves – or perhaps one thief – robbed the Quick Stop on Revere Street twice in one week. First, around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11th, a white male entered the store and immediately demanded…

Obituaries 03-20-2013

Anthony Ferraro Worked at Tufts University Anthony J. Ferraro of Revere, formerly of Everett and Marblehead, died on March 17 at Beverly Hospital. He was 70 years old. Born in Malden, the son of the late Angelo and Rose (Fallavollita)…

Market Basket Will Open This Year

The DeMoulas Market Basket store – largely seen as a transformative development at the Northgate Mall – is moving rapidly and company representatives said they should be open for business in 2013. The construction project has been moving at a…

Winthrop Ave. Bridge Project Starts in May

State highway officials have given the go-ahead to proceed on the State Road/Winthrop Avenue bridge replacement project – a $5.27 million project that will go at breakneck speed all summer long. State Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Verseckes told the…

Dakin Sees Less Help from RTA

The school administration and the Revere Teacher’s Association (RTA) have had an unprecedented run of peace recently, but Superintendent Paul Dakin said this week that he is seeing less cooperation this year. Most of that is due to a change…

The McKinley School

Maybe this it’s the part of getting old;  looking back and recalling when gas was less than a buck a gallon and a home or a new car were affordable for a middle class family, and then looking at the…

A Greener Casino

One only has to walk down the Las Vegas Boulevard in Nevada to experience the asphalt and concrete jungle. The small outdoor oases in these mega-casinos/hotels can make one long for larger and greener areas.  However, the only open and…

Police Briefs 03-13-2013

MONDAY, MARCH 4 John G. Robichaud Jr., 25, of 255 Grover St., was arrested on a charge of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. Robert Passariello, 25, of Boston, was arrested on a charge of breaking & entering into…

Obituaries 03-13-2013

Kinton Talbott US Postal Service Employee Kinton L. Talbott of Revere died unexpectedly on March 8. He was 55 years old. A US Postal Service employee, he was the beloved husband of  Joyce (Wilson) Talbott; loving son of the late…

Never Having Lost the Art of Knitting

Knitting was once a lost art, but has recently gathered increased popularity, and the Revere Senior Center’s knitting group is full on into the activity – donating some 75 hand-knit blankets to charity this past week. “This is such a…