Author: Journal Staff
Council To Consider Police Record Ordinance
By Adam Swift The City Council’s health and human services subcommittee is expected to take up a motion that would see the city make police data and records more readily accessible to the public. Last week, Councillor-at-Large Michelle Kelley requested…
Council Looks to Costs and Funding Options for Building High School
By Adam Swift The City Council approved several motions related to the funding and costs associated with the building of a new high school on the Wonderland property at its meeting last week. Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya introduced a…
Traffic Comm. Reverses Direction, Approves Partial One-Way on Harris St.
Confusion reigned at the Revere Traffic Commission’s regular monthly meeting last Thursday regarding the controversial proposal by HYM, the developer of Suffolk Downs, to make Harris St. a one-way roadway (in the direction away from Winthrop Ave.) in order to alleviate the…
Revere Public Schools To Bring the Indigo Project to the Community Event Will Close Out Black History Month on February 28 at RHS
Special to the Journal Ifé Franklin’s Indigo Project infuses multiple art practices to honor the lives, histories, cultures, and traditions of African people throughout the diaspora, with a concentration on the formerly enslaved of North America. Revere Public Schools Assistant…
Council Looks at Additional Snow Shoveling Program for Residents in Need
By Adam Swift The Revere High School JROTC Snow Angels snow shoveling program has been a tremendous success over the last several years, so much so, that there is an extensive waiting list for those wishing to take part in…
Disabilities Commission Takes Up a Wide Range of Issues
The Revere Commission on Disabilities held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 13, via Zoom. On hand for the session were chair Ralph DeCicco, vice-chair Pauline Perno, Mario Grimanis, Ellie Pagan-Vargas, and Jasone Barone-Cichocki. Perno provided updates for the members. She mentioned that…
House Democratic Leaders Are To Blame for Ukraine’s Predicament
When a small gang of extreme Republicans undertook the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, we wrote at the time that the refusal of Democrats to aid in keeping McCarthy in his seat was foolhardy. Despite the…
Democratic Leaders Need To Tell Biden To Step Aside
It has become increasingly obvious that President Joe Biden is spiraling faster-and-faster downhill, both physically and mentally. He can barely string together two sentences — not even from a teleprompter — and if he answers questions off-the-cuff (which he seldomly…
RHS Sports Roundup
Cunha Fourth, Bellemsieh Eighth, at D-1 State Meet Revere High track star JV Cunha captured a fourth-place medal in the 600 meter dash at last week’s Division 1 State Meet that was held at the Reggie Lewis Center. Cunha’s time of 1:22.39…
Obituaries 02-21-2024
Joseph F. Haughney Retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Family and friends attended Visiting Hours on Sunday, February 18th in the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere for Ret. USAF Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F.…
Revere High School Offers An Abundance of External Learning Opportunities
By Michael Coughlin Jr. As students at Revere High School (RHS) navigate some of their most significant years of education, several external learning opportunities (ELOs) provide the support and preparation necessary to write the next chapters of their lives. One…
Council Approves Special Permits for Development at Former Trailer Park
By Adam Swift The City Council voted 10-1 Monday night to grant two special permits to allow for the construction of a 250-unit residential development at the former Lee’s Trailer Park on Winthrop Avenue. Councilor-at-Large Michelle Kelley cast the lone…
News Briefs
Revere Democratic Committee to Hold Caucus The Revere Democratic City Committee will be holding a US senate nominating convention caucus on Saturday, March 2nd at 10am on Zoom (information below). All registered democrats in the city are eligible and encouraged…
City Council Looks To Establish Closer Ties With RHS Student Senate
By Adam Swift The City Council looked to the accomplishments and activism of some of the city’s younger residents at Monday night’s meeting. Matthew Terrell, the chair of the Revere High School Student Senate, gave a presentation on that group’s…
City Seeking Lead Pipe Inventory Grant
By Adam Swift The City Council approved a resolution Monday night that will allow the city to accept a grant for the inventory of the city’s 12,000 water service lines to make sure they comply with the state’s lead and…
Revere Middle Schoolers Named Project 351 Ambassadors
By Melissa Moore-Randall Revere Eighth-graders Isabella Drinan Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Khouloud Aslane Rumney Marsh Academy, and Maria Rodriguez Marcelino Garfield Middle School have been selected as Ambassadors to the 2024 Project 351. According to the Project 351 website,…
Garfield Middle School Rocks the House at Winter Concert
Be Melissa Moore-Randall The GMS Winter Concert was performed Thursday night. The night included and featured performances by all GMS Choruses (directed by Evann Carter) and Rock Ensembles (directed by Eric Bolton). In total, 200 students performed, representing all three…
Scam Targeting Seniors Hits Close to Home
Ward 5 City Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya had nothing but praise for two Revere police officers for putting an end to a scam that targeted local senior citizens. The councillor commended Revere officers Kenan Resic and Pheachey Chhom for preventing a…
New Council Subcommittee To Address Climate Issues
By Adam Swift In the face of rising tides, storm surges, and coastal flooding, the city council’s newest subcommittee will address climate sustainability and resiliency. Councilor-at-Large Juan Pablo Jaramillo will chair the new Climate, Sustainability, and Workforce subcommittee. He will…
