The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber. Chairman Robert Tucker and fellow members Aklog Limeneh, John Lopes, Arthur Pelton, and James O'Brien were on hand for the meeting. The first matter the board took up was an application by Evergreen Property
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 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 The City Council’s youngest member will not be running for reelection in 2023. Ward 6 Councillor Richard Serino announced his plans not to seek a third term at the beginning of Monday night’s meeting. Serino said the one-year lead time to the 2023 municipal election will give potential candidates plenty of time
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) gave its approval to developer Mario Zepaj for four variances for the construction of a 25-unit apartment building at 344 Salem St. at its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday evening. The often-contentious, 45-minute hearing saw neighborhood residents often interrupt the proceedings, drawing repeated admonitions from ZBA chairperson Michael Tucker and pointed responses from