While some school districts delayed reopening after the winter vacation because of staff shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Revere Public School reopened Tuesday without a hitch. Revere Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly reported that 76 percent of all students…
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Special State Senate Final Election is Set for Tuesday
Revere residents will go to the polls Tuesday, Jan. 11, for the Special State Senate Final Election. Boston City Councilor Lydia Edward is the lone candidate on the final ballot, having won the Dec. 14 Democratic Primary. School Committee member…
Supt. Kelly Eyes Using Some School Days for Student-Teacher Engagement
After the better part of the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 school years being remote due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it is no secret the return to school this year has not been easy for students and teachers. “I am…
Local Student Earns Academic Honors
Soni Graduates from University of the Cumberlands University of the Cumberlands is proud to congratulate Monica Soni of Revere on completing their Master of Science in Information Technology. The university wishes Monica all the best in their future endeavors. Well…
Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Reconciliation Report Released
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts today released a report from KPMG, LLP summarizing the findings of a reconciliation project that examined the finances of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development commissioned KPMG to…
Wellness, Not Weight Loss: Advice for Starting the New Year off Right
Special to the Journal For many of us, New Year’s resolutions like quitting smoking, getting organized or losing weight are sweeping lifestyle changes, which often fail after a few days or weeks. At the Center for Weight Management and Wellness…
Police Activities League Hosts Holiday Hoops Tourney to Close Out 2021
The Revere Police Activities League hosted a Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament on Monday Dec. 27, at the Revere High School Fieldhouse. Freshman and Junior Varsity teams from Malden High School, Hamilton- Wenham High School, and Revere High School (Somerville High…
On the Bright Side…..
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Develop a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Girls Defeat Danvers in Tourney The Revere High girls basketball team turned in a solid, two-way performance to earn a 42-35 victory over Danvers in the consolation game of the North Reading Holiday Invitational tournament last week. The triumph…
Patience, Patients: Erika Cheever Readies for Hoop Return, Career in Health Field
While former Revere High basketball star Erika Cheever has maintained her academic excellence with a 4.0 grade point average in the Nursing program at Salem State University, the last stretch of her on-court career has been extremely challenging on a…
Obituaries 01-05-2022
Ralph F. Menier, Sr. Retired American Airlines Flight Engineer Funeral Services were conducted on Friday, December 31 in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals for Ralph F. Menier, Sr., who passed on December 27 after a long illness at…
Lauren Buck Is Revere Journal’s Person of the Year
There are few topics that all city officials and residents can agree on, but one is that Lauren Buck has done a truly outstanding job as the director of the Revere Public Health Department during the extraordinary times posed by…
2021 Year in Review
The old expression, “The more things change, the more they remain the same,†certainly seemed to sum up the year 2021 in Everett. The news at the beginning of the year was that COVID was devastating the Everett community with…
Arrigo Targets ARPA Funds for Revere Homeowners
Special to the Journal In a letter to Revere taxpayers, Mayor Arrigo announced the City of Revere ARPA Housing Assistance Program – an ARPA-funded initiative to grant $250 payments to owner-occupied properties to address rising housing costs. The program will…
Council, School Committee Will Take Oaths of Office Monday Night
Revere City Clerk Ashley Melnik will administer the oath of office to the newly elected members of the City Council and School Committee at the inauguration ceremony Monday (7 p.m.) in the Council Chambers. Melnik said that due to COVID-19…
City Continues Process for Use of American Rescue Plan Funding
While some communities across the state have begun the allocation of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for local projects, the City of Revere has not used any of its funding to-date. Revere is receiving $30 million as…
Fahey Takes Reins as New Commissioner of the Revere Election Department
Paul Fahey has begun in his new position as the incoming commissioner of the Revere Election Department. Fahey, who was appointed by Mayor Brian Arrigo and confirmed unanimously by the City Council, succeeds Diana Colella, who is retiring after a…
RHS Building Committee Expected to Chose New High School Site Next Month
Earlier this month the Revere High School Building Committee voted to narrow down site options for building of a new Revere High School to two potential sites in the city. At last Tuesday’s Revere School Committee meeting Brian Dakin, a…
Yes, Let’s Ring Out the Old and Ring in the New
We often quote a verse from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells†when we write our annual New Year’s editorial. But after reading the poem in its entirety, we are printing the whole thing, because it sums up —…
