Category: News
Bob Haas III Announces He Will Run for Councilor-at-Large
Bob Haas III, son of the legendary former Revere mayor and city councillor, Robert Haas Jr., and Juanita Haas, has announced that he will be candidate for a councillor-at-large seat in the 2023 municipal election. “I’m very excited to announce…
Arrigo Delivers Final State of City Address
By Adam Swift The day after announcing he would not seek reelection this year, Mayor Brian Arrigo delivered his eighth and final State of the City address last Thursday at the Susan B. Anthony auditorium. It was a night for…
New High School Debate Dominates Council Meeting
By Adam Swift The City Council held a spirited, nearly four hour meeting on Monday night, with the major topic of discussion, to no one’s surprise, being the future of the Revere High School building project. Much of the debate…
Councilors Reply to Arrigo’s Statement on RHS Vote
Special to the Journal Revere City Councillors, Anthony T. Zambuto, Gerry Visconti, Richard J. Serino, Dan Rizzo, Joanne McKenna, and Anthony Cogliandro have issued the following response to Mayor Brian Arrigo’s statements on the new high school that had appeared…
News Brief
Retired Boston Legends, Brady, Ortiz, Garnett, and Rask Have Unclaimed Property Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg has announced the latest grouping of names added to the state’s list of unclaimed property owners, and fortunately for you this is one shot…
Council Wants Further Info on Endicott Avenue Rebuild
By Adam Swift It was a case of almost but not quite for a developer looking to rebuild a six-unit building destroyed by fire on Endicott Avenue at Monday night’s City Council zoning subcommittee meeting. The subcommittee was on the…
Council Approves Special Permit for Shirley Avenue Development
By Adam Swift The City Council approved a special permit for scaled-back plans for a 24-unit apartment development with two ground floor commercial units on Shirley Avenue at its meeting Monday night. Last year, developers proposed a 32-unit, five-story building…
RHS Senior Christy Ly Creates Hall of FEM
By Melissa Moore-Randall One of the many exciting clubs offered at Revere High School is the Feminist Empowerment Movement (FEM).FEM focuses on creating gender equality at RHS and in the community through different projects, events, presentations, and collaborations with other…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Second Quarter Honors at St. John’s Prep St. John’s Prep recently announced the names of students who earned academic honors for the second quarter of the 2022–2023 school year, which ended on January 20, 2023. Students who qualified for the…
More Than 1,200 Households in Revere Received $13 Million in Emergency Housing Assistance in FY22
By Adam Swift The need for housing assistance for renters and homeowners in the Greater Boston area, and Revere specifically, is highlighted in the latest annual report on the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program. According to the…
Teacher, Model and Jewelry Designer, Nina Murray Is a True Multi-Potentialite
By Melissa Moore-Randall When she is not in the classroom, Revere teacher Nina Murray can be found making her mark in many other different careers. Murray is a fifth grade Special Education Teacher at the A.C Whelan Elementary School. “Ever…
RHS JROTC Dill Team Takes Top Marks at 2nd Brigade Drill Championship
Special to the Journal The Revere High School Army JROTC Patriot Battalion Drill and Color Guard teams competed in three Drill Competitions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Army League (COMAL) Drill League. COMAL consists of the (11) Massachusetts Army JROTC…
JROTC Team To Compete in National Academic Bowl Championship
Special to the Journal Through all the obstacles students have faced over the last three years, Army JROTC cadets have risen to the challenge through their participation in the 2022-2023 JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl (JLAB). The cadets from Revere…
On His Terms: Mayor Arrigo Going Out on Top
In an announcement that stunned the political community and became the instant frontrunner for “story of the year†in this city, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo announced Tuesday that he will not be a candidate for re-election in 2023. With his…
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Councillors, Neighbors Question Dover Amendment
By Adam Swift Councillors and residents are taking steps to make sure city neighborhoods do not have to face the type of development recently proposed for Arcadia Street. At Monday night’s meeting, Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo introduced a motion asking the…
Clash of Powers: Mayor Arrigo Outraged by RHS City Council Vote
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian Arrigo, outraged by the outcome of the City Council vote has issued the following statement. “The City of Revere witnessed a grave failure in the City Council Chambers on Monday night, when six elected…
Council Strikes Down High School Plan at Wonderland
By Adam Swift The City Council struck a major blow to plans for a new Revere High School on Monday night. The council voted 6-4-1 against approving the Revere High School project’s schematic design submission to the Massachusetts School Building…
News Briefs
RHS Class of 1973 50th Reunion Set The Revere High School Class of 1973, is having their 50th class reunion this year, on September 16 at the Marriot 4 Point in Wakefield. The committee is still looking for 25 classmates…
