The Massachusetts Health Connector is hosting its first-ever ‘Games of Coverage’ volleyball tournament on Revere Beach Sunday, July 14. This is a free event featuring music from local DJs and MCs and prizes for the top teams. Free refreshments and…
Author: Sue Woodcock
Finishing Touches For Waterfront Square
The final building in the Waterfront Square development is ready to be built, marking over two decades of development along Ocean Avenue. The Zoning Board of Appeals granted several variances for a brand new, 12-story, 230-unit residential apartment building to…
Broadway Gets a New Look
By the end of this week the entire length of Broadway will be crisply restriped for motorists. According to Paul Argenzio, head of the Department of Public Works, the striping started at the Chelsea line. Under the direction of a…
Lifeguards Back on the Beach
Summer is here and the Department of Conservation and Recreation lifeguards are back on Revere Beach working out of the Shirley Street bathhouse. “The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) employs hundreds of lifeguards across the Commonwealth in an…
Revere Beach Banners Seek to Connect Present with the Past
Strolling along Revere Beach it’s hard to imagine what was there years ago. But now a project between the Revere Society for Cultural and Historic Preservation (RHSCHP) and the City of Revere with the support of the Massachusetts Department of…
Suffolk Downs Readying For Live Racing June 29 and 30
The final two days, June 29 and June 30, for live thoroughbred racing a Suffolk Downs are approaching. What was once a mudflat and was then turned into a premiere live horse-racing venue, opened July 10, 1935. It’s hard to…
Suffolk Downs Live Racing though June
There are now only two weekends left of live horse racing at Suffolk Downs on June 8 and 9 and June 29 and 30 before the track shifts to simulcasting. For horse racing enthusiasts, simulcasting will be offered through next…
Irish Memorial Dedicated on Deer Island
Nearly 1,000 people, many of them with Irish deep in their blood, gathered Saturday, May 25, on a tall hill overlooking Boston Harbor, the same harbor that was host to hundreds of ships, some known as “coffin ships†filled with…
Overall Water Quality at 95-Percent
Just in time for the unofficial beginning of summer, the Save The Harbor/Save The Bay water quality ratings are out for area beaches and some fared better than others. The scores are based on the average of the last six…
Opponents Still Have Their Say at ZBA
An application for several variances at a proposed development of six-story 45 condominiums at 463 Revere Beach Boulevard was withdrawn without prejudice from the Zoning Board of Appeals, but since a public hearing was advertised and held, the ZBA listened…
Commission Okays Beer Garden for Renegades Games at Harry Della Russo
For the first time in the history of Harry Della Russo Stadium, beer is going to be allowed, served in plastic cups during only three games of the Boston Renegades, a women’s tackle football team, in June. The Licensing Commission…
STEM Room at Immaculate Conception School Celebrated
Back in November of 2018 the Immaculate Conception School was lucky enough to receive a $100,000 Relimagine Grant for a new STEM Labs provided by the Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) and its partnership with PwC (Pricewaters Coopers). The Immaculate Conception…
ConCom Approves Movie Set on Revere Beach
The Conservation Commission has given its approval for a movie set at Revere Beach, and they have also approved a water main project in the Oak Island area. Michael Judge, a location manager for Twentieth Century Fox told the commission…
Day At The Races BIC seeks to raise funds to help rebuild staircases May 18
There is no lack of enthusiasm when it comes to rebuilding the various public staircases around the city and this past weekend employees of the city’s water department spent their entire weekend building a staircase from Pearl Avenue to Webster…
Variance Approved for Parking
At its April 24 meeting the Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance to reduce parking spaces by 70 at a proposed apartment building at 646 Ocean Ave. near the Vanguard and Ocean 640. Owned by BC Boston Development, plans…
RHS Student Showcase and Multicultural Night May 2
The Revere High Student Showcase and Multicultural Night is set to kick off May 2 from 4:30-7 p.m. in the high school field house and cafeteria. The event is free and open to the public. No one has been left…
Piping Plovers Season in Full Swing Sections of Revere Beach Fenced off for Nesting
The nesting areas have been marked off and the Piping Plovers are back on Revere Beach and Winthrop Beach. According to the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), every year, Piping Plovers, which are protected under both the Federal Endangered…
Volare Gets Hours Restored
The License Commission gave back some hours to a Broadway restaurant even after commissioners held discussions about allegedly serving intoxicated patrons and failure to properly control a licensed premise. Volare had its hours rolled back to 11 p.m. after an…
— Celebrating Easter in Revere is a Sweet Tradition —
Any baker will tell you that Christmas is the biggest holiday, but Easter runs a close second. Food is the center of the holiday, and this Easter Sunday homes around Revere will be bringing more of an Italian heritage to…
Stop & Shop Employees Go on Strike
As of press time Tuesday evening, officials from Stop&Shop and UFCW Local 1445 had not come to an agreement and the strike that began last Thursday continues. At that time, employees of Stop&Shop, locally and around the state, walked off…
