This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Category: Editorials
Confusion Shouldn’t Stop Patients from Buying Health Insurance
By Janet Trautwein This year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment period started Nov 1. Millions of Americans will soon visit HealthCare.gov or the online insurance exchange run by their state to shop for 2018 health plans. Many will be confused…
Big Things to Come for Revere Parks & Recreation in 2018: Making Revere Fun for All Ages
By Mayor Brian Arrigo and Michael Hinojosa, Director of Revere Parks and Recreation This is the second of a pair of articles highlighting the achievements of Revere Parks and Recreation in 2017 and introducing more of what’s to come in…
Happy Hanukkah
We want to wish our many friends in the Jewish community a Happy Hanukkah. The celebration began Tuesday night and continues for eight days. On each night of Hanukkah, a special blessing is said during the lighting of the candles…
Doing Their Part
The East Boston Savings Bank held its annual holiday auction and raised more than $75,000 to help local organizations carry out their missions. Needless to say, the social problems that many non-profits are trying to combat are just constantly increasing,…
Marking a Milestone
The Revere Cares Coalition is 20 years old and is needed as much today as when it originally was started in 1997. The coalition had as its initial goal a reduction in the alarming increase at that time of tobacco,…
Homelessness Among Senior Citizens is a Form of ‘Elder Abuse’
By Dan Weber Here’s a startling statistic from the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]: “the homeless population is aging faster than the general population in the United States.†It’s a shameless embarrassment in a country with a tradition…
A Great Year and a Promising Future for Revere Recreation
By Mayor Brian Arrigo and Michael Hinojosa, Director of Parks and Recreation This is the first of a pair of articles highlighting the achievements of Revere Parks and Recreation in 2017 and introducing more of what’s to come in 2018…
HYM is Doing Its Part to Be Transparent
Thanks to the continuing transparency of the HYM Investment Group, the owner of Suffolk Downs, the ultimate plans for the development of the race track will bring no surprises for Revere residents. On Monday night, HYM officials appeared before the…
Energy Lessons from the Recent Hurricanes
By Merrill Matthews Hurricanes Harvey and Irma killed dozens of Americans and caused tens of billions of dollars in property damage. But there’s one silver lining. The storms taught us three invaluable lessons about the U.S. energy market. We need…
EBNHC Pace Center in Revere
Earlier this month, officials from the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBHNC) and the City of Revere were on hand to break ground at the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Center on Garofalo Street. The Center will…
Congratulations, RHS Powder Puff Team
We want to congratulate the Revere High Powder Puff team on its outstanding performance in the annual game against Winthrop that was played at Harry Della Russo Stadium. Thanks to the perennial leadership of longtime coaches Dave Colella and Bob…
A Program We All Could Use
A story in this week’s Journal discusses a new program in the Revere schools, The Leader in Me. According to the news article, “The Leader in Me, which started in September, teaches students life skills consisting of seven-steps: Being proactive;…
Congratulations to the RHS Football Team
“Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days will bear the fruits of victory.” — General Douglas MacArthur The scintillating 17-14 victory by the Revere High football team over archival Winthrop…
AMAC:Aging is a Disease and Science is Determined to Find A ‘Cure’ for It
Is old age a disease? Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC], says a significant amount of scientific research indicates that aging is, indeed, a disease. “More important there are many who believe it is a…
Remember Those in Need
For the vast majority of Americans, Thanksgiving and the holiday season is a joyous time when the abundance that life offers is most apparent in a wealthy nation such as ours. But the sad reality for many of our fellow…
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no religious meaning,…
Letters to the Editor
Election Commissioner says thank you Dear Editor, I would like to publicly thank the following individual’s for working so hard to ensure the success of the local election held last Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017: Mayor Brian M. Arrigo, Election Board…
There Are Only Winners
Last week’s election shows that civic spirit is very much alive in our community. The large number of candidates, who gave up their time and money over the course of the last few months to meet voters and state their…
The Holiday Season is Approaching — Remember to Help Those in Need
For the vast majority of Americans, the approaching holiday season is a joyous time when the abundance that life offers is most apparent in a wealthy nation such as ours. But the sad reality for many of our fellow citizens…
