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By Stephen Martellucci The Revere High football team will visit rival Winthrop on Thanksgiving morning. Kickoff at Miller Field will be at 10:15 am as it is the 80th meeting between the two schools. Winthrop leads the overall series 51-26-3 but the Patriots won in overtime last year, 28-22, at home at Della...
By The Advocate Mayor Thomas Ambrosino announced Monday night that he is leaving the incoming Rizzo administration over $3.4-million in reserve “rainy day” funds. Addressing the city council, the departing mayor reported that the state has certified that Revere has a “free cash” surplus of $1,419,030. He also noted that the local water/sewer...
By The Advocate Gov. Deval Patrick signed the casino gambling bill into law Tuesday morning at the State House, setting the stage for the opening of three resort-type casinos in the state, plus one slot machine parlor. It is highly likely that the Suffolk Downs property will be designated for one of the...
By The Advocate The state has awarded the city of Revere a grant of nearly a million dollars to help underwrite the cost of providing a pedestrian bridge connecting the city’s ambitious redevelopment project on Revere Beach with Wonderland Station. The MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant of $995,985 was announced late last week. Plans...
By The Advocate At the urging of the mayor and superintendent of schools, the city council Monday night voted unanimously to file “letters of interest” with the state for the funding of new science labs at the high school and for the possible construction of another elementary school down the road. The “letter...
CROSSING GUARD TO BE HIRED: Thanks to the persistence of Ward Two Councillor Ira Novoselsky, there will soon be a crossing guard hired to work at the dangerous intersection of Waverly and Centennial Avenues. Mayor Ambrosino has finally agreed to provide the $3,200 to pay the crossing guard through the end of the fiscal...
Tuesday, November 15 Joas Alencar, 31, of State Road was charged with assault & battery; and violating a protective order. Leslie A. Emmanuelle, 34, of Revere Street was charged with violating a protective order. Michael A. Picardi, 24, of Atlas Ave., Saugus was charged on an arrest warrant. Wednesday, November 16 ...
By James David Mitchell The city council unanimously backed a motion offered this week by Ward Six Councillor Charles Patch that calls for the city to give residents a “heads up” before they are hit with an increase in their water/sewer bills. Patch wants the water/sewer department to notify residents of any increase...
By James David Mitchell The members of the city council this week collectively voiced their continued disappointment with Mass. Highway officials for turning a deaf ear to local pleas for badly needed sound barriers along Route 16 leading to Copeland Circle. At its Monday night meeting, the council was informed that its latest...
By James David Mitchell Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo this week contended that Revere has a huge problem involving “illegal apartments”, and he warned that the dilemma has got to be addressed sooner than later. At Monday night’s meeting of the council, Rotondo claimed that there are “thousands of illegal basement apartments” in the city...