By Adam Swift Representatives from MassDOT met with the City Council’s public safety subcommittee last week to review plans for the Sumner Tunnel closure this summer. The tunnel will be closed to all traffic for a major rehabilitation project from…
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Morabito Invites All To Attend Second Annual Revere Pride
Special to the Journal On Sunday, June 25, Revere will host its second annual Pride celebration in Waterfront Square on Revere Beach. The event will take place from 2-6 p.m. at 500 Ocean Avenue. Last year, close to a thousand…
News Briefs
Revere Democratic Caucus Set for June 27 The Revere Democratic Caucuses will host caucuses for all six wards virtually on June 27 at 6 p.m. This will be a nominating caucus for the 2023 Platform Convention. People can join using…
Revere Groups Receive $19,500 In Grants for Free Beach Programs
Special to the Journal On Saturday, June 10th, 2023 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay awarded $19,500 to Revere organizations to fund free beach events as part of Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches program partnership with the Department of Conservation and…
Police Department Looks for Staffing Increase Next Year
By Adam Swift Increased staffing is the main area Police Chief David Callahan is seeking to address in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. At last week’s budget hearing before the City Council’s ways and means subcommittee, Callahan highlighted increased numbers…
Acting Mayor Keefe Presents FY2024 Budget
Special from the Mayor’s Office Acting Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. this month submitted the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to the City Council, highlighting investments in public safety and public works while focused on a continuation of initiatives that benefit…
City Announces Streamlined Online Payment System for Water and Sewer Bills
Special to the Journal Starting July 11, Revere residents and property owners will be able to pay all online bills, including tax bills, excise, and water bills, on the City Hall Systems website. Previously, residents needed to use two separate…
Revere Traffic Commission Approves Two Changes; Rejects One
The Revere Traffic Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, June 15, in the City Councillor Joseph A. Del Grosso City Council Chambers at Revere City Hall. Chairperson Paul Argenzio, who is the Supt. of the Revere DPW, and…
Revere High School Recognizes Underclassmen
By Michael Coughlin Jr. As the school year wraps up, Revere High School (RHS) held a Student Showcase and Awards Ceremony highlighting and honoring the work of hundreds of students on Tuesday, June 13. “There have been many school events…
Acting Mayor Keefe Announces Elderly and Disabled Tax Relief Program and Water Bill Relief Program
Special from the Mayor’s Office Acting Mayor Patrick Keefe announced this week that the applications for the Elderly & Disabled Residents Tax Relief Program and the Water and Sewer Relief Program for Disabled Residents will be available in the City…
A Beautiful New Look in North Revere: Large Mural at Clean Joe Building Receives Praise
Josef Koch is the owner of Clean Joe, a company that has a proven expertise in cleaning and restoration services. A few months ago, Koch took a walk past the back of his building in North Revere. “It was a…
No End in Sight For Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that (1) inflation is too high and (2) there is a shortage of housing in this country. However, solving both of those problems seems to have become…
Two Years Ago This Week, Racial Hatred Came to Our Area
It was two years ago this coming week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell the nearby peaceful community of Winthrop. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer, Saturday afternoon in that seaside community was shattered when…
Guest Op-Ed: Climate Change Affects Everyone Through Water — Even in Massachusetts
By:Â Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Tracksters Perform Superbly at Nike Nationals This past weekend saw an amazing performance by four members of the Revere High boys outdoor track program at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, on legendary Hayward Field. The Patriot quartet…
Revere High Softball Celebrates 2023 Season
By Melissa Moore- Randall The Revere High Softball team celebrated their season with an annual banquet at Prince Pizza hosted by the Parents’ Club. The program, which is mainly undersclassmen, saw an improvement this season under second year head Coach…
Linebacker Max Doucette Commits to Endicott College: RHS 2023 Graduate Prepares for Fall Season
By Sydney Ciano Recent Revere High School graduate Max Doucette committed to Division III school Endicott College for football. The 18-year-old is physically and mentally preparing for the upcoming fall season. Doucette started playing football at seven-years-old for Pop Warner,…
Obituaries 06-21-2023
Anne “Nancy†Petitto Her Love and Legacy Will Live On Anne “Nancy†(Hickman) Petitto of Revere passed away on June 17 at the age of 82. Nancy was born on May 22, 1941 to the late Roger and Helen (Grigalunis.)…