When President Obama left office, he made it clear to incoming President Trump that the most important foreign policy challenge that the new administration would face would be figuring out how to prevent North Korea from developing an intercontinental ballistic…
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Letters to the Editor
“Come On Down…Experience Senior Power†Dear Editor The Revere Office of Elder Affairs and the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center invites you to our Open House that will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. This…
Arrigo Initiates Police Chief Assessment Center; Seeks Resident Feedback
By Mayor Brian Arrigo Since taking office last year, I have made it a top priority for the City of Revere to attract and hire the best and the brightest. One of the most important hirings in my administration is…
Spring Has Sprung….
Although our winter season was a mild one, both in terms of cold and snow, giving us hopes for an early arrival of spring, our optimism proved illusory thanks to a near record-setting chilly and wet month of March that…
Happy Easter
It’s hard to believe that another Easter already is upon us. Good Friday and Easter Sunday will be here this week, and those of the Christian faith will begin the observance of the holiest days of their religion upon which…
Happy Passover
We want to wish our friends in the Jewish community a Happy Passover or Happy “Pesach†as this important holiday is known in Hebrew. The holiday begins with a special Passover dinner known as a Seder when the story is…
Delivering an Efficient City Budget
By Mayor Brian Arrigo As we work to craft this year’s budget, the goal remains the same as it always will be for as long as I am Mayor: to deliver the most efficient and effective use of your tax…
Letter to the Editor
Clarification Dear Editor: I am writing on behalf of Federal Realty Investment Trust, the developer of Assembly Row. We had noted that in your March 31 piece, “It Was Bound To Happen,†the claim is made that “the development of…
Arrigo Providing An Efficient City Government
There is an article on this page from Mayor Brian Arrigo outlining the steps that he has taken and will take to continue to spend the taxpayers’ dollars as efficiently as possible. He pledges to make sure that department heads…
Trump Fails to Put Children First in His Budget
By Senator Sal DiDomenico President Donald Trump recently released his 2018 budget, outlining billions of dollars in cuts to vital governmental agencies and services. Almost laughably, the Administration has titled its budget “America First,†despite zeroing out and reducing funding…
Investing in Revere’s Future
By Mayor Brian Arrigo Good governance requires looking beyond the present day and planning for the long-term future of our city. At this week’s City Council meeting, the council approved requests I submitted that represent a significant investment in Revere’s…
How Low Can They Go?
The political goings-on in Washington these past few weeks truly have been unprecedented within the lifetime of anyone alive today. The budget outline submitted by President Trump a few weeks ago, followed by the failed attempt to take away health…
A Good Vote
The vote by both the City Council and School Committee to approve the submission of a Statement of Interest for a new high school to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) certainly comes as good news to both parents and…
It Was Bound to Happen
The news last week that officials at Suffolk Downs Racetrack are entertaining offers to sell the 160 acre site should come as little surprise to local officials and residents. Ever since the bid to place a casino at the site…
Letters to the Editor
WINTHROP MOTHERS OUT FRONT WILL PRESENT A FORUM Dear Editor: Winthrop Mothers Out Front will present a Gas Pipeline Forum on Monday, April 3, 2017 from 6-7:30 pm with refreshments at 6 pm and presentation beginning at 6:30 pm. The…
Focusing on the Fundamentals
By Mayor Brian Arrigo No matter how many big-picture, long term plans we have for the future of our city, nothing is more important than the day-to-day fundamentals. Basic city services like street and sidewalk repair have a huge impact…
Hispanics Shouldn’t Over-Interpret Trump’s Election
By Gus West It’s safe to say that Donald Trump doesn’t have many fans in the Hispanic community. The real estate mogul rose to power spewing rhetoric that was openly hostile to Latinos. He’s promised to deport more undocumented immigrants…
Letters to the Editor
THANKS FOR SUPPORT Dear Editor I’d like to thank everyone that helped make our 18th Annual St. Patrick’s Day event another great success last Wednesday night! It was so good to see so many old friends, along with many new…
Rick Perry’s Doe Agenda: Cleaning House, Trump’s Clean Energy
By Merrill Matthews As the new head of the Department of Energy, Former Texas Governor Rick Perry faces many challenges from the bureaucracy, environmentalists, and the media. President Jimmy Carter created the agency in 1977, partly in response to Middle…
Let It Snow, Let It Snow — Not
Even though we have had a mild winter, the major snowstorm this week was not welcome! By mid-March, we are ready for winter’s bleakness to depart and for spring to arrive. Yes, we know that March comes in like a…
