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Longtime political observers could tell by his tone at the last Council meeting that Councillor-at-Large and former Revere mayor Dan Rizzo did not particularly like the underlying theme of his two colleagues’ motion to deduct a portion of a councillor’s salary for being absent from a meeting. And Rizzo wasted no time in responding to

Bankers are not pleased with a new bill introduced by Maxine Waters, D-Calif. — aiming to help underserved markets — that would expand credit unions' membership and remove restrictions on their business lending.

In a stunning development, popular Ward 5 Councillor Al Fiore has resigned from the Revere City Council. Fiore, who was elected to the Council in November, emailed his resignation to City Clerk Ashley Melnik last Friday. In the communication, Fiore wrote: “Mr. President and members of the Council: Due to my ongoing medical issues, I

The Select Board has voted to recommend three petition warrant articles for Town Meeting.

By Asmaa Abou-Fouda and Edward Deveau On Friday April 29th, approximately one hundred Muslim and non-Muslim members of our community came together at the Rosetti-Cowan Senior Center to learn about Ramadan and to participate in the joyful and culinary event that is an Iftar. The Iftar, is a holy tradition that takes place every evening

Sensing that there needs to be ‘a more equitable solution” to the Revere’s water meter rates payment structure, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe expects any action on the issue to be pushed back to later this year. “We want to produce a plan that makes it fair for all ratepayers (commercial and non-commercial),” said Keefe.

They were classmates in the Revere school system and now they’re newly appointed members of the Revere Cultural Council. Revere High 2017 graduates Samantha Harrington and Lani Stevens were appointed to the Council by Mayor Brian Arrigo. Their appointments were confirmed unanimously by the City Council at its April 25 meeting. Ward 4 Councillor Patrick

The Revere Sand Sculpting Festival is already in a class by itself, annually drawing one million visitors to the city, before the pandemic wreaked havoc on all public events over the past two years. But there is more exciting news ahead for Revere residents as Finance Director Richard Viscay told the Council Monday night’s of

A tie goes to the runner in baseball, but a tie vote by a Council subcommittee was not all that advantageous for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Boston who is hoping to open a rental-car business on Squire Road at the former site of the Verizon store. However, the 3-3 vote by the Council’s Zoning