Revere News

The Public Works Committee met with representatives from the Revere Beautification Committee last Monday evening in the council chambers concerning a motion presented by Ward 1 Councillor Richard Penta regarding the placement of covered trash barrels around the city.

In a 10-1 vote last Monday night, the city council approved a change to the zoning ordinances and paved the way for new self-service stations in the city.

The state's unemployment rate, already significantly lower than the national average, dropped again in April, according to figures recently released by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

News reports indicating Everett Representative Stat Smith owns two apartment houses here filled with code violations are, frankly, a disappointment.

An arrest has been made in connection with the death of 91-year-old Kathryn Schroepfer ,A Clearwater Police announced at a news conference Thursday.

A sleeping bag used as evidence in the 1987 murder of an East Boston man found stuffed in the trunk of his car in Revere in that that sleeping bag has turned up again.

With frustrating electric bills in hand and the environment on their minds, William and Scott Frye of Beachmont had a bright idea.

The following is an excerpt from theA Danvers Police A log: Friday, May 25 A vehicle was reported broken into at 11:45 a.m. in the Dick's Sporting Goods parking lot.A A laptop was reported stolen from a vehicle at the Liberty Tree Mall parking lot at 12:08 p.m. A suspicious male looking into cars parked at the Liberty Tree Mall was reported to ... (more)

Wakefield's unemployment A rate, already significantly lower than the national average, dropped again in April, according to figures released by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

It began, in the fractured aftermath of the Civil War, as Decoration Day. Then, as now, the commemoration that would come to be known as Memorial Day saluted those who had died in battle.

EVERETT - A 24-year old Revere man is facing several charges after allegedly rear-ending a State police cruiser with his motorcycle, and then taking off from the scene early Sunday morning.

Did you wear a three-piece white suit, wide collared shirts, and platform shoes? Were some of you ladies the proud owners of hot pants, mini dresses, and shoulder pads? With the recent passing of music legends Donna Summer and Bee Gee Robin Gibb, my thoughts are directed back to that golden age of Disco.

Some 70 years ago in the South Pacific, an enemy sniper spied a group of American soldiers and suddenly opened fire.

An Everett state elected official who is also a Revere absentee landlord is getting some major grief this week after having been discovered to have numerous illegal apartment rife with serious code and safety violations.

The Somerville Board of Aldermen want to prevent an oil company from shipping 187 million gallons of ethanol through the city each year on Commuter Rail lines, according to proceedings from a Board of Aldermen meeting.

A Thursday morning house fire in a Fremont St. triple-decker - only blocks from the city's former East Side Fire Station - came on the heels of a strong statement from the firefighter's union last week, criticizing Mayor Gary Christenson for failing to "prioritize the safety initiatives of our Malden Fire Fighters", including the creation of a new ... (more)

Somerville's unemployment rate has remained steady at 3.9 percent for the second month in a row, according to figures released by the state earlier this week.

Ward 5 Councillor John Powers presented a motion Monday night requesting the DPW Superintendent Donald Goodwin to advise the council about construction on the pump station on John Avenue.

Raymond Beland, Franklin Lodge Master; Robert Vincent Jolly Jr., Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; Dylan and Joellen Dunning, Stephen Qualey, Franklin Lodge Senior Deacon.

Two Revere buildings are filled with illegal apartments. There are broken smoke alarms, doors without locks and part of the building hangs in the air with no support at all.