Month: June 2018

Council Approves FY19 Budget

On Monday night the city council approved a $192,676,571 city budget for fiscal year 2019, which begins on July 1. Mayor Brian Arrigo had submitted a $206,992,903 budget request to the City Council on June 11. The Ways and Means…

News Briefs

Senior Citizen Work-Off Abatement Program FY 2019 Mayor Brian Arrigo is pleased to announce the City of Revere will be accepting applications on July 1 for the Senior Citizen Work-Off Abatement Program Fiscal Year 2019. This program provides the opportunity for…

City Council Motions

18-230 Motion presented by Councillor Powers: That the Mayor convene a meeting to discuss resources available and possible solutions to abate the flooding problems that the City has recently experienced in the areas of Rice Avenue, Mills Avenue, Pines River,…

Revere Students Earn Academic Honors

LOCAL STUDENTS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS Belmont Hill School students from Revere achieved academic honors for the 2017-2018 school year. They are listed below: James Perullo — Grade 11,  Honors Mauricio Rodriguez — Grade 10,  Honors   TWO GRADUATE FROM UNION…

Police Briefs 06-27-2018

Police  News CITIZENS ACADEMY GRAD HELPS POLICE Revere Police are giving high accolade to Jesse Foster, a graduate of their Citizens Police Academy, who helped police on June 20 find a man who was allegedly breaking into cars on Library…

Why is Plastic Pollution Partisan?

Pollution should be a non-partisan issue. But, for some reason, it’s not. On June 5th, World Environment Day (WED), India’s Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Harsh Vadham, announced India’s unprecedented pledge to abandon single-use plastics by 2022 at…

Letter to the Editor

PLASTICS ARE BAD FOR OUR BEACHES AND ENVIRONMENT Dear Editor, This past Saturday, Revere residents and members of Environment Massachusetts cleared garbage, mostly single-use plastic, from Revere Beach. The sand might be plastic-free for now, but you’ll see those volunteers…