Author: Journal Staff

Police Briefs 05-06-2020

Weekly Crime Report These are among the calls to which Revere police responded in the past week. Saturday, April 25 1312: An officer responded to a report of shoplifting on Ward St. 1315: An officer responded to a call about…

This Sunday Is Mother’s Day

During this time of unprecedented upheaval because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the rituals that most of us traditionally follow either have been eliminated or drastically changed because of the need to practice physical distancing. So too, the manner in which…

This Is No Time For Hooverism

Herbert Hoover had been President for about seven months when the stock market crashed in October, 1929. Although there have been many causes attributed to the onset of the Great Depression, the crash generally is viewed as the trigger point…

Obituaries 05-06-2020

Charles ‘Butch’ Fraser Champion Billiard Player Charles “Butch” Fraser died on May 2. Butch served four years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and continued to serve for four more years in the Air…

Arrigo Establishes Raise Up Revere Fund

Special to the Journal The City of Revere’s Emergency Response Team continues to take proactive steps to slow community transmission of COVID-19 and establish strategies for longer-term recovery efforts. As of April 28, the Revere Board of Health has been…

MCU Donates 5,000 N95 Masks to Partners Healthcare

Metro Credit Union, Massachusetts’ largest state-chartered credit union, today announced that it has donated 5,000 N95 masks to Partners HealthCare amid the coronavirus crisis. The masks will be distributed to Partners institutions, which include Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Brigham…