The City Council will honor Paul and RoseAnne Musto, owners of the China Roma Restaurant, with a certificate of appreciation on the occasion of their retirement. Council President Patrick Keefe and Ward 6 Councillor Richard Serino made the motion stating,…
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Arlington Police Arrests Everett Man for Allegedly Stealing Packages
Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty reports that the Arlington Police Department arrested an Everett man who allegedly stole packages from several addresses there. Patrick McLaughlin, 37, of Everett was charged with: • OUI Drugs • Receiving Stolen Property Over $1,200,…
Keefe Seeks Coordination Between Assessor’s Office and Building Dept
City Council President Patrick Keefe said that the assessment from the tax collector’s office on homes doesn’t always correlate with the use as defined in the Building Department’s Office. Keefe said he would like to see a collaboration between the…
Superintendent Kelly Updates School Committee on District Improvement Goals
At the last Revere Public School Committee meeting Revere Public School (RPS) Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly gave an update on RPS’s District Improvement Goals. In February over 100 Revere residents turned out for a community meeting to begin the groundwork…
Baker Administration Orders First COVID-19 Vaccines, Expects December Delivery
Last Friday, the state submitted the Commonwealth’s initial vaccine order to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and expects to get 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. The federal government allocated Massachusetts…
Madaro Family Community Fund Works With Businesses and Organizations to Collect Toys
This week, the Madaro Family Community Fund launched their annual Eastie’s Elves toy collection program which will directly support local families who are in need of holiday gifts. On December 1, the non-profit organization placed toy drop-off boxes at twenty-four…
Revere Residents Named to Honor Roll at BC High
Boston College High School is proud to announce that the following students from Revere have been named to the school’s First Quarter Honor Roll. BC High successfully reopened for in-person learning this past September using a hybrid model, with two…
Revere Students Earn Academic Honors
Regis Students Make the Dean’s List Regis College is pleased to announce that 603 students made the Dean’s List for academic achievement for the 2020 spring semester. The following students were among those who made the dean’s list. * Gabriela Lopez,…
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Traffic Commission discusses new layout, parking meter status for Central Ave. lot Monday’s meeting of the Revere Traffic Commission was historic in that the members fielded exemption requests from residents pertaining to the city’s first-ever residential parking program that began…
2020 Sounds of Christmas
Concert Silenced by COVID-19 Special to the Journal For the first time since 1988, the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra won’t make its annual visit to St. Anthony’s Church for Revere’s annual Robert A. Marra “Sounds of Christmas†Concert. “We’re heartbroken…
Ralph DeCicco was All-in on Traffic Commission Meeting
Viewers of Monday’s Revere Traffic Commission meeting on Revere TV or Zoom witnessed an interesting sight, an optical illusion, almost: the scene behind Ralph DeCicco appeared to be in slow, but constant motion. DeCicco, chair of the Revere Commission on…
Councilor Novoselsky is in 14-day Quarantine
Ward 2 Councilor Ira Novoselsky is in a 14-day quarantine at his home after a member of his family tested positive last week for COVID-19. “My son tested positive,†reported Novoselsky. He was tested last Wednesday and he received the…
Dr. Garcia Updates School Committee on New Equity Advisory Board
At last month’s Revere Public School Committee meeting, RPS’s Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Lourenço Garcia has updated members on the new Equity Advisory Board (EAB) that was created over the summer. The EAB, proposed by School Committee…
News Briefs
MCU Wins Community Service Award Metro Credit Union (MCU), Massachusetts’ largest state-chartered credit union, today announced it is the first-place national recipient of CUNA’s 2020 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award. The Dora Maxwell Award is presented to credit unions…
License Commission Approves Three Requests
The Revere License Commission approved three requests and postponed one at its November 18 meeting. The commissioners approved an application for a change of manager at the Hampton Inn from Jennifer James to Christian Demilia. The commissioners, in approving the…
Disabilities Commission Discusses Smile Masks
The Revere Commission on Disabilities met on November 10 and reviewed the next steps for distributing Smile Masks. The masks have a clear front and will be useful for residents and families who are hearing-impaired. “These masks must get to…
ZBA Approves Revised Plan for Apartment Building
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met on November 18, approving one project and continuing two others. The board approved a scaled-down version of a development for Lot 1 at the junction of Washington Avenue and Sherman Street. The…
Entertainer Jimmy Celona Sings with his Supper at the VFW Joseph L Mottola Post #4524
As we all know by now Covid-19 has taken a toll on all of us, it has forced a lot of us to take up new careers, get pets, or start new hobbies. Local entertainer Jimmy Celona was out most…
MBTA Transit Police to Offer Facemasks to Riders in Effort to Stop the Spread
The MBTA has announced that Transit Police officers will be offering facemasks to transit riders in need of a face covering. This effort is part of the T’s Ride Safer campaign to educate riders and shift behavior to the new way of riding…
House Passes Balanced Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
Special to the Journal House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo along with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget, which invests in programs and services across the Commonwealth. Funded at $46 billion, the…
