The recent decision by those in charge at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow for the sale of fruit-flavored vapes in the United States represents a huge step backwards after a longstanding ban of these fruit-flavored, nicotine-based products…
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-Ed: On the FY27 Budget
By Mayor Patrick Keefe To the residents of Revere, Good planning + responsible management = a positive financial outlook and budget stability. I am pleased that on Monday, June 1, 2026, we presented our Fiscal Year 2027 budget. As…
Letter to the Editor
WELCOME HOME! Dear Editor, On Sunday, in Natick, . nearly 11 months after saying goodbye, friends, family, and fellow servicemembers welcomed home the Soldiers of the 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and 26th Signal Company from their deployment to the Horn…
Congratulations to the Class of 2026
High school graduation season is upon us, the time of year when communities across America celebrate the accomplishments of young people receiving their high school diplomas. Graduation is a bittersweet occasion, marking both an ending and a beginning. For the…
Deja Vu All Over Again with Iran
For those of us who were around during the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran from late 1979 to early 1981, the present situation involving the closing of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian government is deja vu all…
Guest Op-Ed: Centennial of the “Basilica on Revere Street”
By John J. Henry The first significant settlement of Italian immigrants in Massachusetts, and subsequently in Revere, began to occur in the late 1890’s. Upon their arrival in Massachusetts, many Italian immigrants took residency in the tenement districts of Boston’s…
High Speed e-bikes must be Regulated like Any Motor Vehicle
A bill proposed by Gov. Maura Healey, known as the Ride Safe Act, that would require an annual registration, liability insurance, and an official Massachusetts license plate for electric “bicycles” that are capable of exceeding 30 m.p.h. is long overdue.…
The Scourge of Domestic Violence
The shooting death of 47 year-old Jacklyn Berry this past Sunday morning in a Winthrop apartment, allegedly by her 58 year-old husband, Sean Brewer, has highlighted once again that acts of domestic violence pose the greatest threat of physical harm…
Let’s Remember the True Meaning of Memorial Day
Memorial Day is the most solemn of our national holidays, commemorating the Supreme Sacrifice that has been made by an estimated one million of our fellow citizens, which now includes the 15 members of our military who have died in…
Enjoy the Weekend — Safely
Memorial Day weekend marks the traditional start of the summer season, bringing with it the anticipation of sunshine and warmth and of time spent with family and friends. But while we contemplate all of the good things that will occur…
The Dumping of Raw Sewage has to be Fixed
The “plan” recently announced by the Mass. Water Resources Authority (MWRA) that would continue to allow for raw sewage to be dumped into our watersheds in the Greater Boston area during periods of heavy rainfall is, in a word, unacceptable.…
Has Our National Debt Reached A Tipping Point?
Last week it was reported that our national debt officially has surpassed 100% of our GDP (gross domestic product). Our national debt (as of the report) now totals $31.27 trillion, while GDP stands at $31.22 trillion. This marks the first…
Housing, Health, Hunger: This is why America is Failing
Americans’ optimism about their future has sunk to an all-time low, according to a recent Gallup Poll (which was conducted, we might add, before the war with Iran had begun). Why the malaise when we have record-low unemployment and a…
Letters to the Editor
Thank You To the Residents of Revere, Dear Editor, The turnout and success at Beautify Revere 2026 reminds me of why I am proud to be your Mayor. I would like to give a massive shout-out to our entire team…
Earth Day: Many Battles Won, but has the War been Lost?
This week marks 56 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The genesis of the first Earth Day had begun a few months earlier when the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire because of the flammable chemicals…
Letters to the Editor
Growing Together: Keeping Eastie at the Center of Growth & Opportunity Dear Editor, As we emerge from winter, East Boston Main Streets (EBMS) has been hard at work organizing, advocating, and investing in our neighborhood’s future. We recently wrapped up…
Proud of Our Local “Link” to the Artemis II Space Mission
After watching the dramatic re-entry into our atmosphere of the Artemis II’s Orion capsule Integrity, its subsequent splashdown, and the retrieval of the four astronauts in the Pacific Ocean last Friday evening, we were proud to learn that one of…
AG Campbell moves forward vs. the Social Media Platforms
When Frances Haugen, a former data scientist with Facebook, disclosed thousands of internal documents to the Wall St. Journal in 2021 that revealed that Facebook’s own research showed the negative impacts of its Instagram algorithms on teen mental health, Americans…
“….To boldly go where no man has gone before…”
For those of us who were among the 600 million people who watched Neil Armstrong descend the ladder from the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle and set foot on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on the evening (in the Eastern…
Happy Passover
Passover, which begins at sundown this Wednesday (April 1) and ends at nightfall next Thursday (April 9) celebrates the biblical story of the Exodus, when the Israelites were freed from slavery after the 10th plague on Egypt (each of which…