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VOLUME 10, No. 14
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009
AROUND THE CITY
From Main Street to the altar
DEATHS Lucille Abramson Deborah Bateman Mary Carlino Josephine Cirino Rose DiCroci John Doherty James Dorfman Frank Ferola Jr. Norma Gibbs Gregory Hamilton Sr. Thomas Hamilton William Gillis Jackson Ida Martinoli Margaret Matarrazo John Penney Jr. Dennis Perkins Lawrence Perullo Michael Repoli Marie Shuman Susan Marie Simpson Anna Tiernan Cosmo ‘Sam’ Uglietta Adam Visconti Charles ‘Ted’ Wilcon
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This Sunday, Easter Sunday, residents from many quarters of the city will celebrate the religious holiday at their various churches, and in one district of the city - the business district - at least three churches will be singing their praises amidst nail salons, pizza shops and various other places of commerce. Just about everything has gone down on
Broadway over the years, but one thing that hasn’t is church. However, a new trend in the Broadway business district the last year has been for storefront churches to occupy what used to be traditional storefront businesses. The trend has made some city councillors unhappy, people in the business community concerned, and the city treading very lightly around the issue to avoid a court case. Others, though, think that the churches might just
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to do such things, perhaps also working with the Chelsea Neighborhood Development Corporation, to take control of the abandoned and blighted properties throughout the city. “We’ll also reach out to Chelsea Neighborhood Development,” he said. “If this one goes well, we may be doing more of these with them... There’s money kicking around, and we’ll work aggressively to tap into this money and do more of these over the course of the next year.” Though it’s a bold step for the government to be delving into the pur-
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Guard dog finds safe haven A guard dog for the Rent-a-Tool Company on North Shore Road has found a wealth of sympathy from the Ocean View Kennel operators and from workers at Rent-a-Tool, after being with a rare disease. Bruta, a female German shepherd, with her brother, Marcus, has been manning the grounds of Rent-a-Tool after closing time for the past three years. The two dogs are congenial animals, but once it is time to patrol the grounds, they get serious. However, last February, Bruta began acting strangely. One very cold night, she had gotten into a scrape with a raccoon on the grounds, which isn’t all that rare. The thing that was rare was she was gradually losing all her strength and becoming paralyzed. Her strength deteriorated. She lost weight. Her hind legs began to fail. About a week later, she was flat on the ground - a large, strong animal that had fallen flat in a week’s time. Her owner, and the owner of Renta-Tool, Steve Williams, quickly made a trip to the Woburn Animal Hospital. Once veterinarians examined Bruta, they concluded she had “Coonhound Paralysis,” a deadly disease that is extremely rare, affects only certain dogs and is present only in certain raccoons. Oddly enough, Marcus the dog had fought the same raccoon and hadn’t contracted the disease. It was a one in a billion chance, but the odds were quickly piling up against the working German shepherd. Nevertheless, after some initial,
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In the midst of financial chaos and money shortages, Revere received an ‘A’ from Wall Street. For the first time in the city’s history, two Wall Street bond rating companies have rewarded the city with an ‘A’ bond rating. That rating comes just about eight years since the city’s bond rating was just barely above junk bond status and on par with many third world countries. Now, the city’s rating is in the upper echelon of institutional bond issuers, allowing it to borrow and bond projects at a much more favorable rate. Officially, Moody’s Investors
Bruta, a female German shepherd, has made quite a recovery at the Ocean View Kennels.
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be a symptom of a business district that is struggling to stay viable. “We ought to have a place for the business district,” said Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso, noting that he didn’t want to inhibit anyone’s ability to worship. “I don’t think it’s the place for a church. It’s not fair to all the other businesses...It’s just not a proper place.” Ward 6 Councillor Charlie Patch agreed with
The city is preparing to begin a practice of taking abandoned, private residences, fixing them up and re-selling them to first-time homebuyers. It would be the first time the city has delved into the real estate business, though it was been in the parking lot business for a few years. Mayor Tom Ambrosino said the city has begun taking action on 60 Warren St. - a long vacant and troubled property - and has appointed Chelsea Restoration Corporation (CRC) as a receiver for the property.
A Chelsea District Court judge appointed CRC the receiver last August and the organization just recently secured funding for the project. Currently, Chelsea Restoration has a commitment of $52,300 from the North Suburban Consortium and a much larger commitment of $230,000 from Danvers Bank. Chelsea Restoration has kicked in $10,000 of its own money. “At the end of the day, they will fix it up and we’ll be the owner,” said the mayor. “The goal is to sell it to a first-time homebuyer.” The mayor said they would continue
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
NEWS Briefs Boulevard project receives a shaky response A 55-unit, 14-story building project at the site of the Castle-Mar Lodge on Revere Beach Boulevard got a shaky response from city officials Monday night, and was recently rejected by the Planning Board. Attorney Larry Simeone is representing the owners, who would like to have three stories of parking and 11 stories of residential units with a clubhouse on the top floor. The project would be next to a similar project already approved for the Shipwreck Lounge site. The project would not be built by the owners, but would be for sale to a developer. Chief among the detractors for the project is City Planner Frank Stringi who dislikes the project because it is very dense and because the sewer system in the area cannot handle it, he said. “Don’t set precedent on floor area ratios for some pie in the sky development that won’t be built and is only for putting more value in the owner’s pocket,” he said. The owners are requesting a floor area ratio, which has to do with density, of 5.47 - the highest ever proposed for the beach. Currently, there are no developments on the beach with a ratio higher than 3, which is the limit allowed by zoning. Also, the sewer system in the area is at issue. DPW Superintendent Don Goodwin said that the system is taxed to the max as it is, and it would cost many millions to upgrade it - so much so that it would basically be impossible. The line runs from the Beach to Eliot Road and to the new Police Station.
“We have [overflows] all over Beachmont and we have them on Eliot Road, sometimes where it goes two or three feet off the ground and we have toilet paper in the streets,” he said. “We’ve had to go down there with front-end loaders and trucks to remove debris from the street. The people shouldn’t have to live like that. We already have a system that can’t handle what we have now.” On the other side of the coin, the old motel site has been vacant for several years and, while operating, was a constant source of trouble. A redevelopment of the property would be an improvement to the current conditions.
voted to be paid bi-weekly and to have everyone on direct deposit payments. A third point, which was making concessions on health insurance copays, was not approved. “I think this vote sends a clear message that the Teachers Union’s is willing to share the burden in lessening the city’s financial shortfall,” said Susan Lanza, president of the RTA. Several months ago, Mayor Tom Ambrosino asked all of the city’s unions to discuss changing their payment methods and increasing their health insurance co-pays.
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City Councillors briefly took up the controversial pension matter Monday night in response to a Globe article that appeared over a week ago and accused several Revere City Councillors of “feathering their nest” with pension loopholes. Council President Dan Rizzo put in a motion Monday night that would look to eliminate the long-standing, but recently controversial, one-day, one-year provision in the state pension system. That provision allows workers to get credit for one year of service if they work just one day in the year. Other councillors had also put in motions, including some dealing with Council longevity and another dealing with expense payments. Councillors agreed to put off the discussion for later this month, but did breach the subject Monday - in what started out okay, but turned into a lovefest and then a rant on “outsiders.” “Certainly this one day rule, any regular person could say that’s not a fair rule to have,” said Rizzo. “That’s a rule put forth by state legislation...For our retirees, though, on the Council to be put on the carpet for longevity, just because we are elected officials, wasn’t fair.” Councillor Arthur Guinasso also spoke on the matter, saying he was
The School Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 16, at their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss the newly approved Family Distribution Contraception Policy. Superintendent Paul Dakin said that the Committee and MGH staff would be there to answer questions and hear concerns from parents and the general public. Last month, the Committee approved a measure that would allow students signed up for the Schoolbased health center to get contraception services, including condoms, birth control and the morning after pill.
Teachers Union The Revere Teacher’s Association (RTA) voted this week to make some changes to the way that they’re paid, changes that will save the city quite a bit of money if all unions approve the idea. According to a source, the RTA
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unfairly singled out. “Every single comment made it seem like we were doing something wrong,” he said. Then, the lovefest began to transform into allegations that Councillor George Rotondo had somehow engineered the story. Several accusations were made to that extent, with Rotondo not being there to defend himself, as he was in Florida dealing with a family emergency. “There’s a Judas among us who doesn’t care about the reputation of Revere,” said Superintendent Don Goodwin, in very animated fashion. “It’s just about me...This is a hit piece for a guy who has a personal agenda and doesn’t care about the city, but only himself...He’s not a Revere guy. He’s an outsider. He doesn’t know what it is to be a Revere guy and he never will because he’s an outsider.” Rotondo, for the record, said that he had nothing to do with the article whatsoever. “For the record I had no involvement nor knew of the article until the following Monday after it came out,” he said via e-mail. “For the past several weeks I have been dealing with a family health crisis and frankly I had no clue about it. The simple fact is, I had no involvement, but agree that changes need to be made.”
Reardon’s Several people have mentioned that a potential restaurant proposal might be in the works for the former Reardon’s Pub on Beach Street. The pub was shut down more than a year ago, and has sat vacant every since. In the last few weeks, it appears that a manager from Abe & Louie’s Restaurant in Boston has an idea to strike out on his own and open a family-style restaurant on the Reardon’s site. Nothing is certain as of yet, though.
Overlook Ridge withdraws Overlook Ridge withdrew their zoning overlay district proposal Monday night, saying they just didn’t have enough time to address all of the concerns before the deadline ran out for their petition. “I’d just like to let the time run out so we can come back with a new application that addresses all of the issues brought up,” said Joe Shea, of Roseland. Councillors voted to approve the withdrawal, but still weren’t very receptive to any plan that increases the number of housing units. “They can withdraw and come back, but I still won’t vote for any proposal that calls for 300 more apartments up there,” said Council President Dan Rizzo.
Street sweeping The Street Sweeping program began last Wednesday with the usual Operation Clean Sweep. The program will continue through November. Ward 1 Councillor Jim Kimmerle would like to remind all residents of the City of Revere that with the start of the street sweeping program if it is possible for the residents to assist the DPW by sweeping their sidewalks into the curb and doing their part in keeping the City clean.
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POLICE Briefs Shooting on Payson Street A young man was shot in the foot on Payson Street last Wednesday evening, April 1, after a brief confrontation with an unknown gunman. The victim told police that he was coming from a friend’s house on Trevalley Road, heading towards Beach Street around 7 p.m. As he walked southbound on Payson Street, he saw a white male walking towards him. The suspect confronted the victim, saying “What’s up, cuz?” He then grabbed for a handgun from his waistband and the victim ran in the other direction. The suspect allegedly yelled, “TRG,” which is the moniker for a local gang affiliation. The victim said he had no gang affiliations, but as he ran in the other direction, he heard three or four gunshots ring out. Then he realized he had been hit in the left heel by a bullet. He hopped on and then collapsed in the street. The suspect ran through a backyard and then north on School Street. Several neighbors said they saw parts of the shooting and gave a description of the suspect. Officers found several Winchester 9mm shell casings at the scene.
Domestic incident on Beach Street A domestic incident on Beach Street last Monday, March 30, has now blossomed into what might be a key point in an arson investigation. Last Monday, around 11 p.m., police were called to 671 Beach St. for a domestic dispute. The female victim told officers that a Boston man had been living
with her six weeks and hadn’t held up his end of the bargain on paying rent. When she confronted him about it, the situation became violent. The woman told police that when he refused to pay, she began moving his things to the door. A pushing match ensued and then the man, Atiba Howard, 24, allegedly began to punch and slap the woman. The woman grabbed for her cell phone to call police, but Howard allegedly smashed it to the ground. Then, Howard allegedly grabbed a computer cord, wrapped it around the victim’s neck and began strangling her. The woman bit him and he let go, but then proceeded to grab her hair and bite her on the forehead. A neighbor ended up calling police. The female didn’t sustain any major injuries, but had several bruises and an obvious bite mark on her head. More troubling was the fact that, in Howard’s things, police found two bulletproof vests, several bags of marijuana, several large combat-style knives, and a pair of brass knuckles. Howard was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (computer cord), aggravated assault (biting), intimidation of a witness, and one warrant. On Wednesday, April 1, a suspicious fire broke out at the same apartment house.
in charge of the scene and reported around $30,000 damage to the building. The fire call came in at 5 a.m. from a vacant apartment. Doherty reported that the department has had some difficulties with the owner over the years concerning fire alarms, but the owner had just updated those systems last year. Doherty said the fire moved quickly and was tricky. He said firefighters had to use a ladder to rescue one man from a third-floor apartment. “They had a difficult time getting to the fire,” said the chief. “It was in a
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Imposters rob a man on Oakwood Avenue A man and an accomplice posing as city workers who said they needed to read a meter robbed an Oakwood Avenue man last Saturday afternoon. Such crimes have been perpetrated several times over the last several
months in Everett. It wasn’t immediately apparent whether this robbery was related to the string in nearby Everett. The victim told police that at 1 p.m. last Saturday, a man came to the door and said he needed to read the meter in the basement. The man said he was from the city and showed identification. Both victims went to the basement with the man. The man made noise and also made a cell phone call, then left without incident. A little while later, it was dis-
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Paso Creek #ABERNET 3AUVIGNON -ERLOT ML $11.97 Ravenswood !LL 4YPES ML $7.97 Mondavi Private Select !LL 4YPES ML $8.97 Meridian !LL 4YPES ML $7.99 / FOR $15 Menage a Trois 2ED AND 7HITE ML $8.97 Ecco Domani !LL 4YPES ML $8.97 Yellow Tail Reserve !LL 4YPES ML $8.97 Santa Margherita 0INOT 'RIGIO ML $18.97 Ca Stella 0INOT 'RIGIO ML $8.99 / FOR $16 Campi Nuovi -ONTECUCCO 3ANGIOVESE /RGANIC ML $16.97 Marques de Murrieta 2IOJA 2ESERVA ML $19.97 Marques de Caceres 2IOJA #RIANZA ML $11.97
MANY MORE IN-STORE SPECIALS !!!
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7HITE ML $11.97
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