Dr. Glenn Mollette The Forbes Avenue bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed last Friday morning, January 28th with several vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the span at the time. The bridge that collapsed is known…
Author: Journal Staff
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Girls Top Classical, Drop Heartbreaker to English The Revere High girls basketball team turned in a pair of stellar performances in their contests with Greater Boston League opponents Lynn Classical and Lynn English this past week, splitting their encounters…
Obituaries 02-02-2022
Wilfred Roy French March 13, 1929 – January 17, 2022 In loving memory of Wilfred Roy French, 92, a longtime resident of Revere. A graduate of Revere High School Class of 1947, he passed quietly at Massachusetts General Hospital after…
Rincon Limeño on Broadway Holds Grand Opening
Voters Head to the Polls
From the Revere Brewers to Milwaukee Brewers, Former Revere Little Leaguer Signs With the MLB
By Melissa Moore-Randall When Donis Rodriguez moved to Revere from the Dominican Republic, he knew little about the city. However, he did know that he wanted to play baseball. “I was new to the city. I did not know where…
Arrigo Announces Expanded Accessibility To City Hall and Constituent Services
Mayor Brian M. Arrigo has announced Revere 311, the Mayor’s Constituent Service Office, will be opening their brand-new office space in the basement of City Hall soon. Once open, residents will have the option to talk to our 311 constituent…
License Commission Puts Off Renewal of Quality Inn License
The Revere License Commission addressed a full agenda of items at the commission’s regular monthly meeting held last Wednesday, January 19. Chairman Robert Selevitch and fellow commission member Daniel Occena were on hand for the meeting. The meeting was uneventful,…
Market Basket in Top Three U.S. Grocery Retailers, Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index Finds
A nation-wide consumer survey confirms what legions of loyal customers already know. Major chains can learn a thing or two from New England’s regional favorite, Market Basket which boasts 86 stores with three more under construction throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire,…
Rizzo Insurance Announces Partnership With Arbella Insurance Group
The Rizzo Insurance Group is proud to announce the addition of the Arbella Insurance Group to their list of carriers they currently represent. Arbella Insurance Group, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, is a regional property and casualty insurance company…
MBTS Proposes Fare Changes for Riders
MBTA staff presented several fare change proposals that aim to improve equity by closing gaps in existing fare structures for Reduced Fare Riders, minimize pandemic-related revenue implications and budget uncertainties while increasing ridership where possible, and simplify fare tariff rules…
Council Votes to Grant Special Employee Status for Athletic Department Positions
Special To The Journal The City Council unanimously voted to approve a request from Mayor Brian Arrigo to grant Special Municipal Employee Status for Revere Public School Athletic Department positions. Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe said he was the author…
Safe Injection Sites Are Needed Now
Among the side-effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in drug-overdose deaths in this country. The death rate from opioids finally had begun to decline in 2019, but then came COVID-19 and the number of deaths from…
Omicron Can Lead to Long COVID
Public health officials have defined so-called long COVID as the physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms that can persist indefinitely after infection. Over the past two years, we’ve all seen the countless news stories about the devastating effects of long COVID…
Guest Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse Is Coming — Is Your Car Ready?
By Kane DiMasso-Scott Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not gotten more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Boys Basketball Plays at the TD Garden Sunday The Revere High boys basketball team will have the thrill of a lifetime when they will get the chance to play on the fabled parquet floor of the Boston Celtics at…
Obituaries 01-26-2022
James Martin Longtime Owner of Martin’s Autobody of Lynn James W. Martin, 88, of Saugus, died on Tuesday afternoon, January 18 at the High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill. He was the husband of Jean (Ciarletta) Martin and the late…
Minor Flooding Along the Coast During Last Week’s Storm
Retirement Party For Colella at City Hall
School Department, Human Rights Committee Holds ‘A Tribute to Dr. King’
Special To The Journal The Revere School Department, in conjunction with the Human Rights Commission, sponsored by Mayor Brian Arrigo, presented “A Tribute to Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.†Monday night on Revere TV. Revere High students Katherine Uribe…
