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By Adam Swift It was a mayoral showdown at Monday night's City Council meeting. Current Mayor Brian Arrigo and former mayor and City Councillor-at-Large engaged in a sometimes heated discussion over Rizzo's ongoing efforts to garner information about police misconduct and settlements since 2017. The council eventually entered into executive session to discuss several of

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The City of Revere's Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board (AHTFB) held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday evening (January 11) in the Revere City Council Chambers. Chairman Joe Gravellese and fellow members Anayo Osueke, Laila Pietri, Deborah Frank, and Jan Dumas were on hand for the meeting. Gravellese announced that recently-elected City Council President Patrick

By Adam Swift Some City Councillors want to see better communication between the council and the mayor’s office. For his part, Mayor Brian Arrigo said he has an open door policy, and councilors are free to contact him whenever they need an update on the status of a motion or request. Ward 3 Councillor Anthony

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By Adam Swift Ward 4 City Councillor Patrick Keefe was the unanimous pick to serve as the council’s president for 2023 at Monday night’s meeting. Keefe, who last headed the council in 2020, takes over for outgoing president Gerry Visconti. Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna was the unanimous selection for vice president for the new

By Adam Swift The City Council held off on authorizing a nearly half a billion dollar budget for a new Revere High School at its meeting Monday night, a move that could delay approval of the project by the Massachusetts School Building Authority. The budget estimate was presented by the school department’s project manager, Leftfield,

By Adam Swift The city’s Public Art Commission has room to grow, giving the ability for the commission to create more subcommittees as it oversees public art projects throughout Revere. Last week, the City Council approved an ordinance change allowing the arts commission to have up to nine members. Currently, the commission, which was first

By Adam Swift The City Council recently approved a special permit allowing for the construction of two townhouses at 355 Mountain Ave. At last week’s council zoning subcommittee meeting, Ward 4 Councillor and committee chair Patrick Keefe said the proposal by Mario Zepaj of Middleton should bring more home ownership opportunities to the neighborhood. Zepaj

By Adam Swift Ward 4 City Councillor Patrick Keefe wants to see what the city’s new Affordable House Trust committee can accomplish before moving ahead with a motion he recently filed asking the city to look at using underutilized space to increase affordability options for senior citizens. “I didn’t get much of a formal response,