When the Revere fifth-grade basketball team lost the first game of the Eastern Travel League’s double-elimination playoffs, head coach Pat Hayes and assistant coach Bob Urquhart weren’t worried a bit. Their Revere team had won 13 of 15 games during the regular season and the coaches were confident that the players would respond to...
Two graduates of the Revere Pop Warner cheerleading program helped lead the St. Mary’s High School (Lynn) basketball cheerleading squad to a fifth-place finish in the New England Championships in Providence. St. Mary’s juniors Courtney Carey and Jillian Powers are members of the varsity squad that won the Catholic Central League championship. St. Mary’s,...
The mayor’s proposal of enacting the new ‘Stretch Building Code’ pretty much sums up the political times we live in politically right now. The Code is an offshoot of the new “Green Movement” – whatever that really is – that has enraptured the country since President Barack Obama took office. It, obviously, stems from...
The Democrats celebrated a triumph when the health care reform bill passed Sunday. It was a victory for the 30 million or so Americans who cannot afford to have health insurance. It was also a victory for those who have children or family members applying for health insurance with pre-existing conditions. They can no...
MONDAY, MARCH 15 Crystal M. Edwards, 26, of 140 Broadsound Ave., was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on charges of shoplifting and providing false identifying information to an arresting officer. Tiffany Ann Edwards, 19, of 140 Broadsound Ave., was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on a charge of shoplifting. TUESDAY, MARCH 16...
Catherine Barry Active in elder Issues Catherine Barry, a lifelong resident of Chelsea died early on March 17 at the Massachusetts General Hospital shortly after being admitted. She was 79 years old. A member of the Chelsea Senior Center, she was also active in elder affairs and issues. She was the beloved companion of...
Schools and services for special education and homeless students are an expensive proposition, but getting them there has become more than half the battle. Special transportation costs for special education students and homeless students has ramped up 12 percent each year for the last three years, for a total of 36 percent in three...
By John Lynds and Seth Daniel A new casino at Suffolk Downs would essentially come down to a vote of the people in Revere and East Boston if State Sen. Anthony Petruccelli (D-Eastie) had his way. Petruccelli – who has long been skeptical of a casino here – came out publicly this week in...
The heavy, wind driven rain that dumped almost 10 inches of water on us over three days failed to sink Revere. There was some flooding. There were some basements that took water. There were some roads and streets that became almost impassable. And there was the ocean, wild and surging, with big waves pushed...
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America has named Revere Cares as one of its national Coalitions of the Year in honor of its more than 13 year community wide effort to reduce alcohol and drug abuse by local teenagers. Revere Cares lives or dies by its ability to draw in the community and to...
MONDAY, MARCH 8 Carl Anderson, 55, 797 Winthrop Avenue, was arrested for lewd, open and gross conduct. Larry Niles, 37, of 95 Beach St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. A 16 year old juvenile was arrested on an outstanding warrant. TUESDAY, MARCH 9 Lamere S. Moore, 34, of 138 Campbell Ave., was arrested...
Anna ‘Annie’ Pacella Of Winthrop, formerly of Revere Anna "Annie" (Giamattei) Pacella of Winthrop, formerly of Revere, died on March 13 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital. She was 94 years old. A homemaker, she lived most of her life in Revere and was the beloved wife of the late Frank; devoted mother of Richard...
While Mayor Tom Ambrosino has indicated that he will no longer talk about rumors of his departure from the corner office, he has never said much at all about an extended stay in the corner office. Many have postulated for two years that the mayor was leaving at any moment, but as time has...
About once a week or so, Laura D’Amico of Century 21 Citiwide on Broadway is in the midst of heavy negotiations with a seller or buyer. Concentration is key in such situations, yet she said that she and the other agents in her office are constantly preoccupied by having to feed the parking meter...
Ruth DeSantis is the kind of loser you don’t run into very often. She’s the kind of loser who has found success in her losing ways. The reason for that is because her losing ways include dropping nearly 50 pounds in the last 10 months and reducing her overall body fat by more than...
City salaries at the highest level are better by a wide margin than ever before. This is true in Revere, where the ten highest paid city employees are, indeed, highly paid. Superintendent of Schools Paul Dakin continues to top this list at $185,000 and some change. And why not? Dakin runs the equivalent of...
MONDAY, MARCH 1 Michael C. LaPorta, 24, of 47 Oak Island St., was arrested on a charge of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. TUESDAY, MARCH 2 Joseph A. Lawrence, 38, of 250 Cooledge St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Moris Sosa, 46, of 52 Jones Rd., was arrested on charges of...
Audencile Delance Of Revere, formerly of Haiti Audencile Delance, a native of Haiti and a Revere resident for 10 years, died unexpectedly on March 8 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 83 years old. A native of Haiti, she came to Revere 10 years ago to be close to his four...
It is a time proven adage that in tournament time, there can be only one team left standing who tastes the ecstasy of victory. For everybody else, there is nothing but the agony of defeat. The young Revere High girls basketball team learned the hard truth of that axiom in the opening round of...
For the first time in 10 years, the number of city workers earning $100,000 or more decreased in 2009. The city released its payroll numbers for 2009 recently and, despite police detail money increasing, there are four fewer people topping the $100K mark than in 2008. Many believed there would be a decline, but...
It is a sobering fact that the city of Revere had to pay $14.9 million this year to pay its share of the city provided health care insurance for municipal employees. Ten years ago, the same budget item cost the city $5.6 million. The cost for the city in the 2011 budget will be...
Last week’s storm churned up the Atlantic Ocean, which rose to levels we have not witnessed in years. Then the wind drove the waves and the sand went sideways, whipping this way and that. For three days, the waves crashed against the seawalls and caused flooding here and there. On Revere Beach, sand flew...
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 John D. DeAvilla Jr., 29, of 55 Beach St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Daniel W. Homsey, 30, of 566 Beach St., was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a knife in violation of the city ordinance, mayhem, and four counts of making a threat to commit a crime....
Domenic Sorrentino Retired Truck Driver Domenic I. Sorrentino of Enfield, Connecticut, formerly of Revere, died on February 21 at his home. He was 76 years old. Born and raised in Revere, he moved to Enfield in 1968 where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a graduate of Revere High School, Class...
