The board of the Revere Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 13. Chair Joe Gravellese, vice-chair Claire Inzerillo, treasurer Anayo Osueke, Laila Pietri, Deb Frank, Lori Manzo, Matthew Wolfer, and Dean Harris were…
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Revere High School To Perform ‘Once on This Island’
By Melissa Moore-Randall Revere High School will perform Once On This Island, a musical adaptation of Rosa Guy’s book My Love, My Love, or The Peasant Girl, which is a Caribbean-influenced retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid on…
Star Burst: PCSS Student Isam Khorsi Honored for Exceptional Performance on MCAS
Isam Yanis Khorsi of Revere, a fifth grader at the Pioneer Charter School of Science in Everett, has been honored for his execeptional performance on the 2023 MCA tests. Isam, the 11-year-old son of Malik Khorsi and Chahinez Khorsi, who…
Council Moves Forward With Home Daycare Ordinance Change
By Adam Swift Monday night, the city council sent an ordinance change that will increase the number of children allowed at home-based daycare businesses in the city to a subcommittee meeting. The ordinance was first proposed last spring, but there…
Short and Sweet Meeting for License Commission
The Revere License Commission held a brief (22 minutes) regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, March 20, in the City Council Chamber. On hand for the session were chair Robert Selevitch and fellow members Daniel Occena and Liliana Monroy. The commission…
City Council Requests Draft Regulations for Electric Vehicle Storage
By Adam Swift A public hearing on a proposed change in the city’s food truck ordinance drew a mix of concerns at city hall on Monday night. Ward 4 City Councillor Paul Argenzio introduced the ordinance change, which would prohibit…
City Council Requests Draft Regulations for Electric Vehicle Storage
By Adam Swift One city councillor is again taking steps to make sure the city has regulations in place for the indoor storage of electric vehicles. Monday night, Councillor-at-Large Anthony Zambuto introduced a motion asking the mayor request that the…
School Committee Mulls Life Skills Program Move in Special Education Redesign
By Michael Coughlin Jr. During its regular meeting last week, the Revere School Committee had an in-depth conversation about a proposed redesign of the district’s special education programming, in which concerns have been raised for a specific part of the…
Can AI Save The Environment?
The coming revolution in Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for the future benefit of mankind. (Yeah, we know, there are pitfalls, but for purposes of this editorial, we’re writing about a potential positive.) As we were listening the other…
Another Hapless Season for the Sox
With the Red Sox set to open their 2024 season this week, it seems all but assured that the Sox are destined for a third-straight last- place finish in the American League East. For those of us who cherish our…
Revere Athletes Recognized at the School Committee for Achievements in Winter Sports
By Melissa Moore-Randall The School Committee Room did not have an empty seat last Tuesday. The room was overflowing with Revere athletes and coaches for what Mayor Patrick Keefe referred to as “serious recognition for unbelievable accomplishments during the winter…
Revere High School Track Coaches MacDonald-Ciambelli and Fleming Named GBL Coaches of the Year
By Melissa Moore-Randall Revere High Track raced to GBL Championships which led to Coach of the Year honors for Head Coaches Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli and David Fleming. MacDonald-Ciambelli, who is a Talent Acquisition Manager at the Boston Consulting Group specializing in…
RHS Sports Roundup
Spring Sports Season Begins for RHS Athletes The 2024 spring sports season for Revere High athletics is set to get underway this coming week. Coach Amy Rotger and the RHS girls lacrosse team will host Northeast Regional tomorrow (Thursday) under…
Obituaries 03-27-2024
Yvonne Pisano She Always Cared for Others and Loved Her Family Most of All Yvonne Pisano, born in Gloucester, the daughter of the late John and Marjorie (Brown) LeVie and beloved wife of Vito Pisano for 63 years, she was…
Council voices opposition to Bennington Street project
By Adam Swift Ward 1 City Councillor Joanne McKenna does not want to see MassDOT install a bike lane as part of a redesign of Bennington Street into East Boston. In the past, state officials have stated that the project…
Council approves drainagerepairstabilization account
By Adam Swift A new stabilization fund will set aside a percentage of the city’s free cash to help cover the costs of unforeseen or emergency drainage, stormwater, and culvert repair projects. The council approved the establishment of the stabilization…
Workshop focuses on beach climate resiliency
By Adam Swift Climate resiliency and the future of Revere Beach and the city’s coast were the focus of a Metropolitan Beach Commission and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay hosted workshop held at City Hall last week. Residents and city…
RHS Sports Roundup
13 RHS Boys Are Named GBL All-Stars A total of 13 members of coach David Fleming’s Revere High boys track and field team, which captured last month’s Greater Boston League (GBL) Meet with an outstanding team performance, have been named…
Revere’s JKA Martial Arts Team To Compete at Shotocup Championships in Japan
By Melissa Moore-Randall On March 9, the Revere JKA Martial Arts Team attended the Japan Karate Association American Federations USA/JKA/AF in New Orleans. The competition was for a U.S. team spot at the World Shotocup Championships in Japan. The Revere…
Obituaries 03-20-2024
Theresa Merino July 19, 1928 – March 10, 2024 Theresa V. (Meads) Merino of Peabody, formerly of Chelsea and East Boston, passed away peacefully at home on March 10th after a short illness. She was 95 years old. Theresa was…
