Metro Credit Union, Massachusetts’ largest state-chartered credit union, today announced that it has donated 5,000 N95 masks to Partners HealthCare amid the coronavirus crisis. The masks will be distributed to Partners institutions, which include Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Brigham…
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Lights Out: MassDOT Schedules Tunnel Lighting Maintenance in Ted Williams Tunnel
Special to the Journal The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that there will be reduced lighting in the Ted Williams Tunnel (TWT) eastbound and westbound in Boston. This essential work began on Sunday, April 26, at 11 p.m.,…
Police Briefs 04-29-2020
Weekly Crime Report Friday, April 17 0024: Officers responded to a report of a noise disturbance on Thornton St. 0130: Officers responded to a report of a breaking & entering into a building on Bellingham Ave. 0247: Officers responded to…
Guest Op-Ed: Thoughts for a Better Future
By Anthony D’ambrosio The COVID-19 crisis has brought American society to a grinding halt. In just a few short weeks, we have lost thousands of lives, businesses have closed, schools have been suspended, and we find ourselves in an incredibly…
Guest Op-Ed: Pathways to Good Jobs: My Plan to Expand Access to Vocational and Technical Education
By Joe Gravellese There are over 3200 students on waiting lists to attend vocational and technical schools in Massachusetts. Each year, students from our district sweat out the admissions process to get into Northeast Metro Tech. This is a policy…
Guest Op-Ed: Jail Should Not Equal Death
By Christopher Westfall COVID-19 has prompted our communities to widely adopt two practices to limit the spread of the virus: handwashing and social distancing. Yet Massachusetts not only discourages these public health precautions for incarcerated people, but also often makes…
Season Cancelled, Legacy Endures: Katie O’Donnell Made a Big Impact at RHS
All Revere High senior Kathryn “Katie†O’Donnell wanted was play one more season for the varsity softball team. More than anything, she wanted to helped lead Coach Joe Ciccarello’s program to another state tournament berth. Though Katie had already accomplished…
A.D. Shea Looks to Acknowledge Student-Athletes at Some Point
Revere Director of Athletics Frank Shea planned diligently for the re-opening of the spring sports season, hoping that it would finally get underway after being twice postponed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The season would have been the culmination of…
Obituaries 04-29-2020
Richard Waugh, Sr. President of Waugh’s Garage Funeral Services were held privately due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, for Richard A. “Dickie†Waugh, Sr., who passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 21 at the Elmhurst Healthcare in Melrose from natural…
EBNHC Is Working to Ensure the Safety of All
Special to the Journal The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) is working aggressively on the front lines of COVID-19. We are coordinating and developing resources so that our patients, staff, and community members have access to vital information and…
Suffolk County Sheriff Details Containment Measures at Jail Facilities
With the inevitable arrival of the first cases of COVID-19 to its facilities, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a rigorous containment and spread-prevention strategy aimed at limiting the effect of the global pandemic within its facilities. Presently,…
State Announces Distribution of PPE to All Emergency Responders in Mass.
Gov. Charlie Baker on April 17 announced the distribution of approximately 200,000 respirator masks for all local law enforcement officers and firefighters to ensure they have the protective equipment during the COVID-19 crisis. These FDA-approved respirator masks will be distributed…
As COVID-19 Care Continues, Legal Questions Arise in the ER: Hospital Rejoices in Successfully Bringing 1 Person off Ventilator and into Good Health
The intensity of the surge of COVID-19 patients hasn’t let up at CHA Everett over the last two weeks, but new challenges have emerged as the face of critical patients gets older and legal questions arise more often about their…
Tobin Bridge Traffic Plummets, Toll Revenues Down in March
Trips across the Mystic/Tobin Bridge have plummeted over the last month, reducing toll revenues and creating much less congestion over the Bridge that drivers have become used to over the years. For the most recent data available, which is the…
North Suffolk Mental Health Association Adapts to Helping Those in Recovery Amid COVID-19
Last week marked one month in isolation for most of us in East Boston. While this has been a trying time for all, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a possible deadly challenge for those in recovery. During these uncertain times,…
Guest Op-Ed: Cleaner Air, Cleaner Water, Healthier Communities: An Agenda for the Environment and Public Health
 By Joe Gravellese Harvard’s School of Public Health just published a study proving what those of us living in Revere, Chelsea and Saugus already know – that even small increases in air pollution lead to dramatically higher risks from COVID-19.…
Revere’s Iron Horse: DiCarlo Has Been a Diamond Presence for a Half Century
Peter DiCarlo was an All-Scholastic and All-Catholic running back at Immaculate Conception High School in Revere during the tenure of legendary football coach Ronnie Corbett. DiCarlo, a 1956 IC graduate, would go on to become a legendary coach himself –…
Obituaries 04-22-2020
Richard J. O’Donnell Retired RHS Business Education Teacher Richard J. O’Donnell, 1949 – 2020, a lifelong resident of Revere and a graduate of Revere High School, Class of 1967, Suffolk University, Class of 1971, started teaching Business Education classes at…
Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chelsea City Manager Tom Ambrosino Announce Opening of “The Inn,†Temporary Housing for Residents to Safely Quarantine and Recover from COVID-19
REVERE -Â Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and City Manager Tom Ambrosino will hold a press conference to announce the opening of temporary housing at the Quality Inn in Revere for residents to safely quarantine and recover…
At EBSB, Safety for Staff, Customers Is Always First
East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) Chairman and CEO Richard Gavegnano said each relationship the bank has with employees, customers, and the communities the bank serves matters to him greatly. So as the public health concern surrounding COVID-19 grows the bank…
