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By The Advocate The city council voted 10-1 Monday night to change the zoning designation of Caddy Farm to permit “mixed use” commercial development of the site’s 28.6 acres of land instead of single-family homes being built there. The sole negative vote was cast by Councillor Stephen Reardon, who maintained that the rezoning...
By The Advocate Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, Councillor John Correggio emerged as the winner of the fifth and final at-large berth on the Revere City Council by a razor-thin margin of just three votes as a result of a recount conducted last week. As happy as Correggio was to save...
Mayor Thomas Ambrosino and Chief of Police Terence Reardon want to remind the Revere community that as you celebrate the holiday season enjoying traditions, food, family and fun, that Revere Police will be out in force from December 16, 2011 to January 2, 2012 to protect the Commonwealth’s citizens by arresting anyone caught behind...
By James David Mitchell Caddy Farm’s request to change its zoning designation to allow “mixed use” development on its property instead of single-family homes was met with support from city councillors Monday night despite the fact that a delegation of Saugus residents showed up to register their concerns about how such a zoning...
By James David Mitchell The city is still reeling over the brazen daytime purse-snatching and violent attack of Lois Diamond, much loved and well-respected member of the community, who is program coordinator of the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center. The vicious attack by a female occurred while she was walking on Pleasant Street at around...
Newly Elected Mayor Daniel Rizzo will join over twenty other incoming mayors, from large cities across the country, at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics (IOP) this week for a three-day seminar on leadership and policy briefings on the issues they will face upon taking office. “I am pleased to participate in this important program,...
Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein under the leadership of House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo announced Governor Deval Patrick has given his final approval on the expanded gaming legislation by signing the bill Tuesday. “I applaud Governor Patrick for his signing this bill and Representative Reinstein for her passionate and determined advocacy to help this come...
The Kiwanis Club of Revere was represented by club President Leticia Rave, Past President Donna Wood Pruitt, and club Secretary Bill Barney at the Annual New England District of Kiwanis Fall Training Conference. It was held at the Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Kiwanis members from Bermuda and the six New England states...
