-By Seth Daniel [email protected] The ball is officially rolling on the new McKinley School as the state School Building Authority (MSBA) approved the project for its capital pipeline last week. Getting the school built has been a fight that has lasted several generations, with disgruntled parental advocates whose disappointments stretch back to the 1970s....
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Twice as Effective – Petruccelli and Reinstein Talk to City Council about Expanded Gaming
For the first time in quite a while Senator Anthony Petruccelli shared the spotlight at Revere City Hall with Representative Kathi-Ann Reinstein. Both of our state house leaders spoke to the council Monday night about an expanded gambling bill. Senator Petruccelli is ready to go on his bill and has submitted legislation the governor...
Baseball Team Opens Season Today at Salem
The Revere High boys of spring open their 2011 season today (Wednesday) at Northeastern Conference rival Salem. Coach Joe Ranno and his crew will get right into the heart of the schedule against their NEC opponents, hosting Lynn Classical this Friday and Beverly Monday morning on the holiday. The Pats will travel to Lynn...
Softball Team Drops Season Opener at MHS
The Revere High girls softball team dropped its season opener to former Greater Boston League rival Medford, 10-5, Monday afternoon at Medford. The contest began promisingly for the Lady Patriots, who grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. After Kat Prince was hit by a pitch to reach first, Lindsay...
RHS Track and Tennis Schedules
The RHS boys track team traveled to Saugus this past Monday and travels to Beverly next Wednesday. The girls track team travels to Saugus today (Wednesday) and to Beverly next Wednesday. The girls tennis team plays at Classical today (Wednesday), at Saugus tomorrow, and at Winthrop next Wednesday. The boys tennis team played at...
Police Briefs 04-13-2011
MONDAY, APRIL 4 Robert D. Maguire Jr., 33, of 24 Yeamans St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Keith P. Kyle, 31, of 4 Rand St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Brian Mercado, 17, of 84 Atwood St., was arrested on charges of trespassing and malicious destruction of property over...
Obituaries 04-13-2011
Peter Lattanzi Founder of Lattanzi Insurance Agency Peter P. Lattanzi, founder of Lattanzi Insurance Agency and a lifelong resident of Revere, died on April 9 after a long battle with cancer at the Shaughnessy Kaplan Rehab Center in Salem. He was 68 years old. He was the beloved husband for 46 years to Linda...
Revere Librarian Confesses to be a ‘Shopaholic’
-By Seth Daniel [email protected] The one-foot high replica R2-D2 robot was dubbed in a catalog as the “head strong little droid” from the Star Wars films that responded to voice commands and made one’s home “feel like it had been transported to a galaxy far, far away.” That thought of being far, far away...
New Gaming Bill on the Table – Senator Petruccelli Proposed Legislation that Should Please Both Sides
By John Lynds for the Journal Senator Anthony Petruccelli has submitted a compromise casino gaming bill in the Senate that calls for three resort-style casinos and one racino in Massachusetts that would immediately bring million of dollars in revenue to the state through licensing fees, capital improvements and taxes. “While we should not dwell...
Living to be 100, not so Rare
-By Seth Daniel [email protected] Living to the rip old age of 100 used to carry an elite badge of accomplishment. It was an elite club, and those who turned 100-years-old – known as centenarians – often found themselves to be alone in that club, with all of their friends and family members having died...
Petruccelli’s Expanded Gambling Bill a Roadmap the Governor will Approve
Our State Senator Anthony Petruccelli has filed legislation that provides for an expanded gambling bill that the Senate would likely pass and which he would like to place on the governor’s desk in a matter of weeks. Representative Carlo Basile has co-sponsored the bill. He is right to do so. Speed is of the...
Revere Middle School Girls Basketball Team Completes 13-0 Season
The Revere Middle School girls basketball team completed its season with a 13-0 record. Its opponents included schools from Lynn, Marblehead, Swampscott, Gloucester and Saugus. Anthony Palermo, coach of this year’s team, credits hard work at practice along with tenacious defense and sharp shooting as keys to its success. Leading the team were eighth...
Police Briefs 04-06-2011
MONDAY, MARCH 28 Hernan Alas-Garcia, 24, of 603 Beach St., was arrested on a charge of assault & battery. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 Mark Gigliello, 17, of 13 Jarvis St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. THURSDAY, MARCH 31 A 16 year old juvenile was arrested on a charge of open and gross lewdness. FRIDAY,...
Obituaries 04-06-2011
Rev. Rocco Crescenzi Longtime Administrator and Director of Don Orione Nursing Home Rev. Rocco Crescenzi, son of Domenic and Philomena, died at the Don Orione Nursing Home on April 3 after a brief illness. He was 95 years old. He was the last of six children. The family was very close, loving and religious,...
Sun Rising – Program Povides Dynamic Assistance to Homeowners in Crisis
-By Seth Daniel [email protected] Badrul Khan woke up one cold Tuesday morning in January 2009 with a lump in his stomach. He pulled back the curtains to see if the auctioneers were outside yet. They weren’t, and it kind of surprised him. His kids were off to school and his wife had left early...
Check, Please – City Admits to not Checking Licenses of many Workers who Operate MVs
-By Seth Daniel [email protected] City officials and School Department officials conceded this week that they don’t conduct basic driver’s license checks of employees that operate city-owned vehicles. And one city employee was driving a city vehicle nearly every day for two years without a valid license. The issue came to light this week when...
Revere is among the Fastest Growing Cities in the State
-By Seth Daniel [email protected] Revere jumped over the 50,000-population mark for the first time in its history amid the surging growth of the city’s minority community – most especially the Hispanic population, according to official Census 2010 numbers unveiled last week. The city’s overall population surged from 47,283 to 51,755. For that, state officials...
Let’s make a Deal – The Speaker and the Governor Appear to be Sitting at the Same Table
Speaker Robert DeLeo appears to be coming closer to reaching an agreement with Governor Deval Patrick about what exact shape and form an expanded gambling bill will take. All signals are pointing to a dramatic increase in interaction between the governor and the speaker – and in fact, a meeting apparently held by the...
Holding Court in Lynnfield
-By Cary Shuman Pam MacDonald was hoping to be on hand when Revere basketball star Morgan Jenkins scored the 1,000th point of her career this season but the former Revere High girls varsity basketball coach had a game of her own that night. “I would have loved to have seen Morgan get her 1,000th...
Police Briefs 03-29-2011
MONDAY, MARCH 21 Larry A. Tatum, of 1662 North Shore Rd., was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a Class D controlled narcotic substance with intent to distribute and violating the drug free school zone laws. TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Ruben D. Mejia, 32, of 109 Bradstreet Ave., was arrested on a charge of...
