Distinguished veterans and residents of the Chelsea Soldier’s Home, family, friends, and state officials came to St. Michael’s Chapel Sunday to honor the Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the Home’s beloved chaplain, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The Rev.…
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June Programming at the MFA
This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), hosts its ninth annual Juneteenth—the MFA’s first in-person community celebration in over a year—and continues its partnership with the Roxbury International Film Festival (RIFF). Additional virtual events include a program hosted…
Obituaries 06-02-2021
Mary Vadala Of Revere, formerly of Everett Mary O. ( DiCato) Vadala, 86, of Revere, formerly of Everett, passed away surrounded by her family on May 22. The beloved wife of Guy Vadala, she was the loving mother of Guy…
Improper Disposal of Smoking Materials Caused Five-Alarm Fire on Endicott Avenue
Special to the Journal Revere Fire Chief Christopher Bright and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey said the cause of the May 20 fire at 141-143 Endicott Avenue, Revere, was the improper disposal of smoking materials. RFD Investigator Capt. Mark…
City to Hold Memorial Day Exercises
The City of Revere will hold its Memorial Day exercises Monday (May 31) at 11 a.m. on the American Legion Hall Lawn on Broadway. Marc Silvestri, Revere director of veterans’ services, will serve as master of ceremonies for the program.…
McKenna Praises Responders to Endicott Avenue Fire
Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna thanked Revere firefighters, police officers, and other responders for their amazing efforts during Thursday’s five-alarm fire on Endicott Avenue. Following are Councillor McKenna’s remarks at Monday night’s City Council meeting: On Thursday at 1:30 p.m.,…
EBNHC President and CEO Manny Lopes Takes Part in Panel Discussion
To commemorate Boston Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People issue, the magazine hosted an influencer panel discussion on how to overcome the challenges facing Boston and other communities post pandemic and beyond. East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) President and CEO…
DCR Seeks Lifeguards for Summer Season
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has announced that the agency is actively recruiting individuals to become a lifeguard at DCR-managed inland and coastal waterfronts, and deep water swimming pools in Central and Eastern Massachusetts. DCR lifeguards are…
Obituaries 05-26-2021
Anthony Ruggiero Member of Local 3 Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Union Anthony Ruggiero of Revere passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 22 at the age of 43. Born in Boston on May 30, 1977 to Egidia (Preziosi)…
Baseball as a Way of Life: For Matt Costanza, It’s Been a Field of Dreams
Story and Photo by Bob Marra Matt Costanza stepped into the left-hand hitter’s batter’s box, his American International College team trailing Adelphi, 6-0, in the second inning in a recent game at Bedard Field at AIC’s Springfield campus. With two…
No More Playing Games: McKenna, Council Hit Hard at Disgraceful Condition of McMackin
For more than 60 years, Revere Little League baseball players sprayed line drives all over McMackin Park, the beloved ballfield known as “Little Fenway.†Now the only spraying being planned is for mosquitoes at the “eyesore†of a park that…
News Briefs
Broadway Business Recovery Plan Meeting Mayor Brian Arrigo and the Office of Planning and Development , in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), will co-host a Broadway Business Recovery Plan Meeting on Tuesday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom. The community meeting…
City Drops Below 3% COVID Positivity Rate
The City of Revere Board of Health was informed that Revere’s positivity rate has dropped to 2.8%, the lowest number since the state started tracking this data at a municipal level. As of today, May 14, 41% of Revere residents…
Chelsea Curves Construction Look-Ahead Through May 29
This is a brief overview of construction operations and traffic impacts for the Tobin Bridge/Chelsea Curves Rehabilitation Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work, temporary ramp and street closures, and changes to traffic configurations beyond those…
We Deserve This Great Weather
With Massachusetts entering the reopening phase after 14 months of lockdowns, the arrival of the magnificent weather this week could not have been better-timed. All of us have had to make sacrifices to varying degrees during the pandemic. Many of…
Revere Football Storms Past Medford, 48-32 in Finale
It wasn’t a masterpiece, to be sure, but the Revere High football team ended its season with a wild 48-32 victory over Medford High Friday night at Harry Della Russo stadium. Like the passengers on the S.S. Minnow, the Revere…
RHS Sports Roundup
Boys Soccer Wins GBL Playoff Title The Revere High boys soccer team, the regular-season champion of the Greater Boston League (GBL), put the finishing touch on a successful 2020 Fall II soccer campaign by defeating Lynn English, 3-0, in the championship game of…
Power of Recovery Opens on Broadway
City and state officials joined the Powers brothers for the grand opening of a brand-new addiction and recovery treatment center in the Citizens Bank building on Broadway Tuesday. Matty Powers is the CEO of the Power of Recovery company that…
One Year Later, the Gioioso Family Remembers Their Parents, John and Palmina
John Gioiso Jr. remembers well the many good times he and his two sisters enjoyed with their parents, John Gioiso Sr. and Palmina “Pam†Gioioso, and the good times their parents had in the City of Revere, which was their…
New ‘Metro-North COVID-19 Vaccination Partnership’ to Open Three Regional Vaccination Sites, Aims to Expand Vaccine Equity
The new Metro North COVID-19 Vaccination Partnership — a consortium of nine cities, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), and Tufts University — announced that it will open three joint vaccination sites to expand COVID-19 vaccine access in the metro north area.…
