Month: April 2017

Police Briefs 04-19-2017

WONDERLAND CONVENIENCE ROBBED Revere Police are investigating an armed robbery of the Wonderland Convenient Market on North Shore Road Sunday, April 16. The clerk told police that around 9:21 p.m., a white male in a hoodie entered the store and…

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: I would like to thank Revere city council members George Rotondo and Patrick Keefe for their most gracious and timely response to a parking matter in Ward-4 . There had been a No Parking sign removed during last…

A Truly Perilous Time

When President Obama left office, he made it clear to incoming President Trump that the most important foreign policy challenge that the new administration would face would be figuring out how to prevent North Korea from developing an intercontinental ballistic…

Sports 04-19-2017

RhS sports Roundup RHS girls tennis team starts with three wins The Revere High girls tennis team has sprinted to a 3-0 record in the first week of the season. Coach Carla Maniscalco’s Lady Patriots opened the 2017 campaign with…

Obituaries 04-19-2017

Palma DeSimone Of Revere Palma DeSimone of Revere died on April 16. The beloved wife of the late Generosso DeSimone, she was the loving daughter of the late John and Angelina (LaPlaca) DiPerri; devoted mother of Donna DeJulio and her…

First Families

The first families of Whoville and Revere. From L-R, in the back are Brenda Perez, Gianna Scoppettuolo, and John Frautten III. in the front are Jack, Daveen, Brian & Joseph Arrigo.

News Briefs

Ramp to close On Tuesday, April 18 beginning at 8 p.m. the ramp from Route 1 South signed to Lynn Street-Saugus will be closed until Monday, May 15 at 5 a.m. Drivers are urged to seek alternative routes.   Senior…

Police Briefs 04-12-2017

REVERE POLICE LOOK AT DISTRACTED DRIVING Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chief Joseph Cafarelli announced that the Revere Police Department will conduct a series of patrols designed to reduce the number of crashes, fatalities, and injuries caused by distracted driving. The…

Letters to the Editor

“Come On Down…Experience Senior Power” Dear Editor The Revere Office of Elder Affairs and the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center invites you to our Open House that will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. This…

Spring Has Sprung….

Although our winter season was a mild one, both in terms of cold and snow, giving us hopes for an early arrival of spring, our optimism proved illusory thanks to a near record-setting chilly and wet month of March that…

Happy Easter

It’s hard to believe that another Easter already is upon us. Good Friday and Easter Sunday will be here this week, and those of the Christian faith will begin the observance of the holiest days of their religion upon which…

Happy Passover

We want to wish our friends in the Jewish community a Happy Passover or Happy “Pesach” as this important holiday is known in Hebrew. The holiday begins with a special Passover dinner known as a Seder when the story is…

Sports 04-12-2017

Junior Achievement Pepic earns two All-Scholastic honors By Cary Shuman Valentina Pepic took her game to new heights this season and the Boston sports media took notice. Pepic, the 6-foot-2-inch center for the Revere High girls basketball team, was selected…