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VOLUME 20, No. 41WEDNESDAYApril 15, 2020

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DEATHSMary AmatoLorraine AshGeorge Capano IIIPatricia CecereShawn CookTeresa Carmela D’AmatoPhyllis Rita DelGrecoPatricia FernandesDonald Joseph FinlayMary FontaineKenneth Gravell, Jr.Marie Rose HermanHarold LearUbaldo Leone Antoinette MelchionnoPalma PrudenteGarry RiceThomas John Sena, Sr.Louise SpalloneJoseph TerenzioObituaries Pgs 6, 7, 8

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Schools focus on emotional wellness first, then learning

Revere children enjoy Easter Bunny Parade

Monday’s storm results in minimal damage to Revere

Arrigo, Ambrosino announcehousing for residents at Quality Inn

COVID-19 cases continue climbing

New case data available at revere.org

Special to the Journal

In a joint effort to slow community transmission of COVID-19, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chelsea City Manager Tom Am-brosino are expected to an-nounce a site for non-con-gregate housing to open this week for those recov-ering from the virus, do not require hospital care, and are in need of a safe place to quarantine.

The Quality Inn in Re-vere agreed to allow the use of the entire building for the next 60 days to provide an alternative, safe hous-ing solution for Chelsea

and Revere residents who live in overcrowded hous-ing conditions or would otherwise be at risk of spreading the virus within their community. Partners HealthCare has stepped up to serve as the healthcare management team offering in-room health care ser-vices, eliminating the need for individuals to travel to doctors’ offices or hospitals, and a third-party manage-ment company will oversee all non-medical related op-erations, including private security. Plans for The Inn were developed with sup-

By Cary Shuman

Mayor Brian Arrigo’s of-fice reported that Monday’s storm, that generated heavy rain and severe winds, had minimal effect on the city.

“The storm didn’t hit Re-vere as hard as it hit other cities,” said Nicholas Ro-

mano, aide to Mayor Arri-go. “There were no downed trees, but a lot of tree limbs everywhere. [DPW Supt.] Paul Argenzio said it took under two hours to clean up the aftermath and there was little call volume for service. So it really wasn’t that bad.”

Special to the Journal

The City of Revere’s Emergency Response Team continues to take proactive steps to slow community transmission of COVID-19 and prepare for further spread of the virus. As of April 14, the Revere Board of Health has been notified by the Massachusetts De-partment of Public Health of 490 positive cases of COVID-19 in the City of Revere. Last week, there were 287 cases reported in the City of Revere.

Mayor Brian Arrigo re-minds residents to adhere to the following measures:

Revere Residents Advised to Wear Masks

IF They Must Leave Home

In addition to maintain-ing 6-feet social distancing, the CDC is advising the use of simple cloth face cover-ings to slow the spread of the virus and help prevent people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to oth-ers. The cloth face cover-ings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 res-pirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for health

By John Lynds

Revere School Super-intendent Dianne Kelly said amid this COVID-19 pandemic and everyone’s world turned upside down RPS’s emphasis is on emo-tional and physical well-ness, helping each other, and reducing stress…and then learning.

“Parents are communi-cating to us that they are really overwhelmed so we are trying to help assuage that a bit,” said Kelly. “Our first priority, especially in the coming week, is con-necting with students and families to ensure that ev-eryone has access to cru-cial social connections and public health information. We want to make sure ev-ery student has their basic needs for food and shelter, and safety met. We want every family to know how to obtain school meals, de-vices, internet access, and

other supports offered by the city via revere311.”

Kelly said she and RPS staff realize how over-whelming all of this may be for parents. In addition to taking care of family’s health and wellness many are likely dealing with changes to their own work-ing situations and trying to figure out financial chang-es.

“Please don’t let this school closure period de-tract from your ability to fo-cus on those very important matters,” said Kelly. “Do the best you can. When we get through this crisis, we will be planning on how to further support students over the summer and into the next couple of academ-ic years to get everyone caught up. Families and students should reach out to the teacher or other school staff if additional support is

See RPS Page 5

See CITY RESPONSE Page 3We spotted several Easter Bunnies being driven around the streets of revere on Sat-urday and greeted with many smiling faces throughout the streets of the City.

VETERANS SERVICES: SAFETY FIRST!

By Cary Shuman

Revere Parks and Recre-ation Director Mike Hino-josa had the apt description for Saturday’s Easter Bunny

Parade: “It was awesome.”Thousands of Revere

children and their families greeted the Easter Bunny during the six-hour parade that began from three sep-

arate locations and made its through the city.

“We had three different Easter Bunnies and started

See EASTER Page 5

Head of Veterans Affairs Marc Silvestri (shown left and above center) with other Veterans Affairs employees keeping a respectable dis-tance between them (and their coffees!) while on the job outside the American Legion.

By John Lynds

East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) Chairman and CEO Richard Gaveg-nano said each relation-ship the bank has with employees, customers, and the communities the bank serves matters to him great-ly.

So as the public health concern surrounding COVID-19 grows the bank has been keeping its staff and customers informed on the precautionary steps EBSB has been taking.

“We are working hard

to do everything we can to be prepared and the safety of our employees and cus-tomers is the most import-ant thing,” said Gavegnano. “We are providing gloves, masks, sanitizer, and prac-ticing social distancing. Any employee feeling they cannot work due to any medical issues or family needs can work from home and we are paying all these employees.”

To protect both staff and customers, Gavegnano said EBSB branches with

At EBSB, safety for staff, customers is always first

See EBSB Page 3

Special to the Journal

The investigation into the facts and circumstanc-es of the death of the man found on the shoreline at Revere Beach on Tuesday, as well as efforts to identify the man, are ongoing.

The cause and manner of death remain under in-vestigation. Based on the post-mortem examination, the decedent is a male, ap-

proximately 30-40 years old, and roughly 5'11" tall. During the examination a metal plate was discovered in the man’s lower back, indicating he has had lower back surgery in the past.

We ask anyone who has information about a man who matches that descrip-tion, who is missing or un-accounted for, to call our State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County at 617-727-8817.

State Police seeking info to identity body

See QUALITY INN Page 5

Let’s continue to Raise Up Revere by Staying Home and Staying Safe

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Protecting this fall’s election and strengthening democracy

Helping hands and selfless acts — Our community at its best

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END OF THE TUNNEL?The United States now is the official epicenter of the

coronavirus pandemic.We have more deaths and more cases of disease than

anywhere else in the world.However, this past weekend the experts began to give us

a glimmer of hope that we are turning the tide against this dreaded foe and the possibility that our lives may return to some semblance of normality in incremental steps within 30-60 days.

We are the first to concede that there are many “ifs” to any discussion of ending the shutdown of the U.S. econo-my and the present lockdown mandates currently in place throughout most of the nation. A vast increase in testing in order to identify both virus carriers and those who may have immunity will be essential before we can begin to emerge meaningfully from our life of quarantine.

It also is clear that even with some sort easing of the lockdowns, life still will be far from normal: Schools most likely will remain closed for the rest of this school year, professional sports will not take place anytime soon, pub-lic gatherings of all kinds will be banned, and the travel industry will continue to be in a state of non-existence in-definitely.

But the experts’ insights about the possibility of some degree of easing of our current situation brought to mind the famous words of Winston Churchill amidst the worst days of World War II when Nazi Germany’s advance had been stopped by England with the defeat of Rommel at El Alamein:

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

Our war against the coronavirus still has a long way to go. But with the outbreaks and death toll dropping in many places around the world, including New York City, perhaps we can see a pinhole of light in the long, dark tunnel in which we find ourselves.

SO LET’S TALK ABOUTTHE WEATHER

The weather this April has been full of irony. We had mild months for January, February, and March, with above-average temperatures (among the warmest on re-cord) and few storms of any consequence.

However, April has been anything but spring-like. Tem-peratures have been below normal and two fierce storms, including this past Monday’s, left many of us without pow-er.

So although April thus far has ranged from seasonably unpleasant to rather ferocious, weather-wise, at least it has provided us with a diversion from our preoccupation with the coronavirus.

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By Joe Gravellese

Last week, voters in Wisconsin were shame-fully forced to choose between exercising their right to vote or adhering to social distancing. Voters stood in long lines and po-tentially were exposed to COVID-19, largely because powerful interests continue to stand against making voting easier and more con-venient.

With Massachusetts’ pri-mary election coming up on September 1, the Legis-lature should act quickly to both protect residents’ right to vote in the upcoming election, and improve vot-er participation for years to come.

Massachusetts should act immediately to allow for no-excuse absentee voting - not just in this election, but in all future elections. We should not wait and scram-ble to put a new system in place if the pandemic is still raging in late July or early August - we should act now, and take this com-monsense step to expand voting access.

This prudent step would

make sure voters - espe-cially seniors, people with disabilities, and those with preexisting conditions - don’t feel pressured to stand in a crowded line in order to vote this year.

Allowing absentee vot-ing for all who want it will also make it easier and more convenient for people to vote, even if they work two jobs, have childcare commitments, have long commutes, or face exhaust-ing workdays that make it difficult to vote between the hours of 7 AM and 8 PM. Working-class voters are more likely to have jobs that don’t offer time to duck out and vote, or have childcare commitments that make it more difficult to make it to the polls on time. This sit-uation gives wealthy voters disproportionate influence over our elections.

Paper ballots are the most secure and safe sys-tem for elections, and our local election departments already do a tremendous job handling the existing absentee balloting process. Senior citizens, troops serv-ing overseas, and others regularly vote by mail now,

and do so safely.Over 30 states already

offer absentee voting to all. New Hampshire just autho-rized absentee balloting for all for this fall’s elections. Five states conduct their elections entirely by mail. Here in Massachusetts, we can have the best of both worlds, by allowing anyone to vote absentee while still opening the polls on Elec-tion Day in a safe manner.

We should also consider other steps to protect our democracy and increase voter participation - not just this year, but every year moving forward.

We can increase access for voters on Election Day by making it a state holiday, in order to make it easier for working people to go to the polls.

Other ideas we should explore include having an independent commission re-draw fair districts after the 2020 census, instead of letting the Legislature pick its own districts; expanding the right to vote in municipal elections to 16- and 17-year olds to give young people a stake in the future of their communities; and getting

big money out of politics.Last but not least, we need

to provide more funding to local Election Commis-sioners to hire and train poll workers, so that the voting process on Election Day is fairer and more efficient.

In Sweden, 83% of adults voted in their last election. In New Zealand, turnout was 76%; in Italy, 65% went to the polls. But here in the US, just 56% of eligible adults cast a ballot in the last presidential elec-tion. Turnout for local elec-tions is even lower.

We can make our democ-racy healthier by improving voter turnout - but in order to do that, we need to take away barriers that keep people from people getting involved. The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportu-nity for Massachusetts to both do the right thing by public health, and improve our democracy for years to come.

Joe Gravellese is run-ning in the Democratic primary for State Repre-sentative in the 16th Suffolk District (Revere, Chelsea, Saugus) on September 1, 2020.

PLEASE DONATE TO THE FIRST CONGREGATIONALFOOD BANK

Dear Editor:The Food Bank at the

Congregational Church (at this time of year) usually distributes food to 60 - 75 families.

Last week 321 fami-lies came and 296 were first-timers.

The staff gave out 526 larger bags, and 321 smaller bags of USDA supplies.

The line of cars went all the back to Revere High.

Never in the 45-year history of the Food Pantry have they run out of food.

But last week they did. They had nothing left.

The Greater Boston Food Bank will supply 6,000 lbs. for this week.

But that won’t be

enough.With money donations,

they can meet the greater need.

Can you help?The Beachmont Im-

provement Committee has donated $1,000.

The City Council and the School Committee have been challenged to donate at least $100.

Of course any amount will be welcome.

But some may be fortu-

nate enough to be able to contribute more.

These are our neighbors. These are our children.

Let us be as generous as our circumstances will al-low.

If you can give, please send a check to The First Congregational Church (in memo line, write Food Bank) at 94 Central Ave-nue, Revere.

Carol A. Tye, School Committee

By Mayor Brian M. Arrigo

The Easter Bunny joined our team this past Saturday, touring the City and bring-ing a much-needed dose of happiness to homebound families and residents who waived from their windows and porches.

While the Easter Bun-ny was probably the most prominent and popular personality to enlist in our city’s battle against Covid-19, I can tell you without hesitation that the Easter Bunny is but one of an awe-inspiring group of individuals who have mo-bilized to make sure that the people of Revere are not alone in confronting the most daunting task in our lifetimes.

Back in February, when the general public still viewed “Covid-19” as an abstract peril looming somewhere in the future, we established a Covid-19 Emergency Response Team to manage the City’s ac-tions. Everyone anticipat-ed a challenge. Everyone knew we were headed into unknown territory. No one stepped away from the task.

Six weeks into the cri-sis, and facing what may be the most frightening stretch of virus-related hardship over the next week or so, our Emergency Response Team has worked tirelessly to guide Revere through the multitude of hazards that now dominate our lives.

I hesitate to name the in-dividuals who have given of themselves, for it would be inevitable that I would inadvertently omit a key contributor. But I want to

share with the public what I am seeing every day.

Dozens of city employ-ees steered from their usual routines and managing, in-stead, a wide range of crit-ical functions to make sure that our city’s businesses, people, and operations con-tinue to function smooth-ly amid the confusion and mystery of Covid-19.

Administrative staff who ordinarily attend to the nec-essary paperwork and pro-cedures of municipal ad-ministrative infrastructure have become Supply Co-or-dinators, hunting down and indexing the city’s stock of vital Personal Protective Equipment.

School nurses, accus-tomed to the maladies and misfortunes of our students, have become medical de-tectives maintaining cru-cial communication with Covid-19 patients and per-forming the critical tracing process to figure who an infected resident recently interacted with.

Teachers, shut off from their students and teaching remotely, are spending their free time working at food pantries. Another group of teachers banded together to raise money through a Go Fund Me page that will provide relief to families in need.

Staff in our Recreation and Senior Services De-partments have teamed with the City’s Wellness Depart-ment to organize and over-see a vast outreach program to make sure that our city’s underserved and vulnerable populations are aware of re-sources and in contact with municipal services.

Our Health Department has taken on the massive

duty of digesting all the in-formation that pours from the state Department of Public Health, applying it to Revere’s needs, devel-oping safety-based Orders, and then enforcing those Orders every day.

In addition, the Health Department has coordinat-ed with the Fire and Police Departments to organize large-scale Covid-19 test-ing for first responders.

Hundreds of volunteers who are making telephone calls to our senior citizens to check in on their needs and, in some cases, just to provide a few minutes of welcome social contact.

Other volunteers deliv-er food and necessities to those unable to venture out-side for fundamental provi-sions.

Still other volunteer are working with City staff in setting up and manning food pantries.

School cafeteria work-ers who have not missed a beat in preparing meals and making sure Revere school students who rely on our school system will continue to be nourished.

Our Economic Develop-ment team is assisting busi-nesses that have gone dark during the state-mandated, while also providing guid-ance to Essential Services businesses that continue to serve the public during the crisis.

Meanwhile, the City’s regular work carries on. City Hall staff are working remotely to maintain all of the municipal operations that we depend on every day and will be indispens-able as we emerge from this crisis and start to resume some sense of normalcy.

These include or 311 team, Water and Sewer, Depart-ment of Public Works, our finance workers in the Trea-surer’s, Collectors and Au-diting office. Our Election Office is gearing up for the November elections. Our clerk’s office is continu-ing its vital services to the public. Our IT department is helping keep everyone connected as we rely on unfamiliar technologies to get our work done while we are not in our offices at City Hall. And we can never overstate the value of our First Responders at the Fire Department and Police Departments and our ambulance responders, who are always on the front lines providing aid to all in need, whether the trouble is Covid-19, a traffic accident, a fire, or any other health emergency.

Every person who is taking on a role to fight Covid-19 is risking their own life and safety be-cause, by the very nature of their service, they are not at home. They are out, acting selflessly and helping oth-ers. They represent the best that Revere has to offer, and they personify the strength and nature that is “Revere.”

It’s easy enough to say “Thank You” to every one of them. It’s even more important to help protect them.

How best to thank them? Help keep them safe. Make their job easier. Please, Stay home, and let’s contin-ue to work together to get through the challenge of our times.

Brian Arrigo is Mayor of the City of Revere

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 T H E R E V E R E J O U R N A L Page 3

By Dan Murphy

Revere resident Rosan-na Miller was ecstatic in February when she ful-filled a lifelong ambition of owning her own salon with the opening of Lux-or Hair Studio on Charles Street in Boston’s Beacon Hill, but that dream soon hit an unforeseen roadblock with the proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miller, who worked for nearly seven years as a styl-ist at Adela’s Hair Studio on Pinckney Street, spent more than year scouting possible locations before settling on 137 Charles St. in Boston, and while there were some routine challenges delays after construction started in September, she received her final approvals on Feb. 1 to open the salon. Busi-ness started a bit slow, but it was just starting to pick up and she was planning a grand-opening celebration when the salon was forced to close due to the corona-virus.

“Luxor is a prime ex-ample of a small business trying to establish itself on Beacon Hill that will need the support of residents go-ing forward,” said Diana Coldren, a patron of the salon and longtime Beacon

Hill resident who, togeth-er with Ali Ringenburg, co-president of the Beacon Hill Business Association, has launched a GoFundMe “crowdfunding” campaign to pay the electric bills for the month of March for businesses operating with-in the Historic Beacon Hill District, including Miller’s.

Ringenberg said starting a new business has always been a daunting endeavor, even in the best of times.

“Opening a business is always challenging in the first year, and now is an un-believably challenging time for all businesses,” Ringen-berg said. “It’s an uphill battle and I really feel for

her.”In the meantime, Miller

has used up nearly all her savings as she waits to see if she is eligible to receive any financial assistance from the federal govern-ment or the city, but she re-mains thankful to her loyal clientele, especially those who have pre-paid for fu-ture services to help her get through these uncertain times.

“With all the love and support from my clients, I’m really confident that we will make it happen again pretty soon,” Miller said. “I love and appreciate them all and can’t wait to see them again soon.”

EBSB // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

City Response // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Luxor Hair Studio at 137 Charles St. on Boston’s Beacon Hill.

Miller’s new Boston salon hits unforeseen roadblock

On Thursday, April 9, Joe Gravellese’s campaign for State Representative hosted a “virtual pub trivia night” over Zoom, trying to recreate the trivia night experience online. The goal was to drive up support for local businesses and for Revere’s Veterans Services Office.

All trivia participants were asked to donate at least $5 to the Revere Vet-erans Services office. As of Friday morning, the event raised $403. The funds will be put to use by the Veter-ans Services Office to fund their efforts to assist local veterans in need - includ-

ing hosting the monthly veterans food bank, assist-ing veterans in applying for benefits, and providing wheelchairs and other mo-bility tools to veterans in need.

“The need right now is so staggering all over the community during the COVID-19 crisis, so every bit helps our fellow residents in need,” Gravellese said.

“Over 200 veterans were served at the most recent Veterans’ food pantry. Peo-ple are going to need to chip in to keep our food pantries stocked as more and more people face urgent needs. I’m so grateful for my

friends and supporters who stepped up to support this great cause.”

In addition to raising money for Revere veterans, the event also dished out $100 in gift cards to Easy Pie restaurant.

“Our local small busi-nesses are hurting right now too,” added Grav-ellese. “Hopefully the gift card winners will go out and spend to support a great local business. If you have a favorite local restaurant, please support them - or-der takeout, order delivery, and be ready to go back and support them when they re-open.”

Ward 5 Councillor John Powers expects to return home after spending two weeks in a Woburn rehabil-itation center recuperating from surgery to repair his broken left hip.

“They’re telling me I’ll be out Sunday or Mon-day,” said Powers, whose hip surgery was March 29 at Melrose Wakefield Hos-pital. “I’m looking forward to being at home. I feel

great. I’m grateful to all the staff here for their excellent care.”

Powers said he intends to participate by remote in the next City Council meeting on April 27.

Councillor Powers set to return home

drive thru service are open and branches that don’t are open by appointment.

“We have the branches staffed to handle all regular business,” said Gavegnano. “If any branch has no drive thru they can call and get in to see the manager but for safety of our staff and customers only one person is let into the branch at a time.”

Gavegnano said the bank is also monitoring all its employees for signs or symptoms of illness and has a constant open line of communications with branch staff.

“We are also responding to the needs of the commu-nities we serve,” he said. “We are taking deposits, opening checking accounts and processing loans. We have a long rich history of surviving many signifi-

cant world events starting with the Civil War, WW1, the Great depression and WWII. We will emerge as a stronger bank and continue being a provider of banking needs of Boston citizens.”

According to Gavegnano EBSB’s responsive steps have included:

• Preventive programs in place to reduce the likeli-hood that our operations

would be significantly affected by the COVID-19, including:

• Educating employees• Monitoring of potential

outbreaks• Communicating and

coordinating with critical service providers and sup-pliers

• Providing appropriate hygiene training and tools to employees

• The bank will continue to monitor our employee population and take appro-

priate actionto reduce exposure to

other colleagues and cus-tomers if an employee is ex-hibiting flu like symptoms. As always, the bank has instructed all colleagues ex-hibiting any signs of illness to stay home.

• Have asked cleaning companies to be even more vigilant in disinfecting

frequently touched areas. In addition, the bank has made hand sanitizer avail-able for use

at all locations.• The bank has imple-

mented internal “social distancing” techniques to minimize the typical face-to-face contact by utilizing teleconference calls, video conferencing, and flexible workspaces. In addition, the bank asks all of its cus-tomers to help maintain a handshake-free zone at all EBSB locations.

Gravellese holds virtual pub trivia to raise funds for veterans’ services office

By Cary Shuman

Dr. Joseph Spinazzola, executive director of The Foundation Trust, said the Revere Police Activities League (PAL) has agreed to suspend its 2020 grant this summer so the funds can go to the Malden YMCA Food Pantry.

The PAL, sponsored by the Revere Police Depart-ment, and led by school administrator Kris Oldoni, was set to receive the sec-ond portion of its two-year grant from The Foundation. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Revere PAL offi-

cials agreed to extend the financial assistance to the Malden YMCA-based food distribution program.

“I called Chief [James] Guido to see if they would be willing to postpone their grant until next summer in order to help the food pro-gram in Malden because we have a finite amount of funds – and the chief and Kris Oldoni were on board and said, ‘absolutely.’’’

The PAL grant, which was for $8,500, will be used next summer to expand the number of days of the PAL Summer Camp. Spinazzola will donate an additional $1,500 to increase the grant

to $10,000 for the Malden organization.

The Malden YMCA op-erates food pantries in Mal-den, Everett, and Medford.

“I see this act of kindness as a tremendous gesture by Chief Guido and Kris Oldo-ni,” said Spinazzola. “These are two of our best grantee organizations (Revere PAL and Malden YMCA) help-ing each other out in a time of crisis,” said Spinazzola.

Dr. Spinazzola, whose family lived in Revere for many years, distribut-ed grants to several Re-vere-based non-profit orga-nizations during the 2019 grant cycle.

Revere PAL suspends 2020 grant so it can assist Malden Food Pantry

Special to the Journal

With Revere expe-riencing a high rate of COVID-19 infections, community organizations Women Encouraging Em-powerment Inc., Revere en Espanol, Concilio Latino, Revere Youth in Action, Revere Education Justice Alliance, Revere Teachers Association, and many Re-vere businesses, residents, and elected officials have signed onto a letter asking Gov. Baker to take more ac-tion in Gateway Cities like Revere which have been disportionately impacted.

“We are here to speak for the front line work-ers - the delivery people, the cashiers, the healthcare providers, the cleaners - all those who are especially exposed to both the health risks and the financial risks of COVID-19,” said Olga Tacure, Executive Direc-tor of Women Encouraging Empowerment, Inc. (WEE).

“During this time of cri-sis, WEE is committed to standing up for our most vulnerable residents, in-cluding immigrants, refu-gees, and low-income fam-ilies. We can not sit back and watch our fellow com-munity members in Revere go hungry and struggle to pay rent and bills without taking action.”

The letter notes that Re-

vere, Chelsea, and other Gateway Cities have a dis-proportionate share of “es-sential workers,” low- and moderate-income individ-uals, and others who must continue to work. Many low-er-income residents also face underlying health challeng-es, with Revere and Chel-sea particularly impacted by poor air quality.

“Young people are stressed. We're low wage essential or laid off work-ers, we’re trying to finish classes and help at home, all during a pandemic,” said Somaya Laroussi, 19, a lead organizer with Re-vere Youth in Action. “Why should our city have to suf-fer more than others? Your zip code should not deter-mine your vulnerability. We need a commitment from the Governor now.”

The letter urges the state government to immedi-ately take several steps to address COVID-19 in the hardest-hit communities, including:

-Sending in MEMA to oversee testing sites in Gateway Cities, provide more cleaning supplies and PPE to essential workers, and provide emergency non-perishable food items to Revere’s only food bank.

-Establishing hazard pay and expanded manda-tory sick time for frontline workers, such as those who

work in grocery stores-Enacting legislation

placing a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.

The executive team of El Concilio Latino de Revere added “el Concilio Latino stands in solidarity with es-sential workers in our com-munities many of whom are our members and live in Revere, Chelsea, and East Boston. We are witness-ing unprecedented times and the burden of response again falls on already vul-nerable, non-white, work-ing class people. Front line workers like cleaning staff, restaurant workers, and healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals are in the eye of the storm, and while historically overlooked, de-serve more than to fight this pandemic with concerns for their own health and or eco-nomic stability.”

“Teachers are doing all that they can to provide op-portunities for learning at home, but there’s very little we can offer to provide the stability that will help stu-dents get through this cri-sis safely,” explained Erik Fearing, President of Re-vere Teachers Association, “the state has a moral obli-gation to find solutions for our most impacted cities.”

As of the time of this writing, over 475 residents signed on to the letter urg-ing action.

Community comes together to ask for more support during the COVID-19 crisis from Governor Baker

The Massachusetts De-partment of Public Health’s “Stay At Home” Advisory is in effect through May 4. “Stay at Home” means avoiding all non-essential trips outside the home. Res-idents over the age of 70 or with underlying health con-ditions should limit interac-tions with other people as much as possible.

The Centers for Disease Control has advised the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus, and has provid-ed a number of basic steps all citizens can take to pro-tect themselves, including: washing your hands often, avoiding close contact with

those who are sick, staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfac es.

All updates for Revere residents are being shared regularly at Revere.org/ coronavirus and via social media.

Shopper Limits in Place at All Grocery and Large Essential Retailers

On Wednesday, April 1, the City’s Inspectional Ser-vices department worked with all grocery stores and large essential retailers to begin limiting the number of shoppers allowed inside at once, based on total square footage and occupancy. In

the interest of customer and employee safety, Market Basket, BJ’s, Target, Price Rite, Stop & Shop and Big Lots can allow no more than 140 customers inside at a time -- approximately 20 percent of the stores’ to-tal occupancy limits. CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid and PetCo are limiting customer counts to 24, and specialty grocer New Deal is limiting customers to 15 at a time. Shoppers should expect lines and practice social distancing and pa-tience while waiting to en-ter. Any concerns related to social distancing in stores should be directed to Re-vere 311, which will notify Inspectional Services.

REVERE THROUGH THE YEARS

10 years agoApril 15, 2010Everett’s Sal DiDomen-

ico has beaten Cambridge Attorney Tim Flaherty in the Democratic State Sen-ate primary election in a tight race where the differ-ence between the two when all was counted was be-lieved to be 1%. DiDomen-ico declared victory at 9:21 p.m. in front of hundreds of cheering friends, relatives, and supporters at the Silver Fox on Route 16 in Ever-ett. DiDomenico carried Everett by a wide margin, though he trailed Flaherty in Charlestown, Chelsea, Revere, and Cambridge, proving Everett’s value as a base.

House Speaker Rob-

ert DeLeo, a great friend to this city, drew an enor-mous crowd to his annual fundraiser held in the North End at Joe Tecce’s Restau-rant last Thursday evening that included numerous Revere residents and city officials.

“The Back-Up Plan,” “Date Night,” and “Kick Ass” are playing at the Re-vere Showcase Cinemas.

20 years agoApril 19, 2000School Supt. Carol Tye

said that the recent incident of graffiti at the Beachmont Middle School is the latest in a series of vandalism in-cidents at local schools.

Asst. School Supt. Paul Dakin confirmed that a

piece of the ceiling at the McKinley School fell over a stairwell recently. No in-juries were reported, but the incident adds momentum to the call for the construction of new school buildings.

Holocaust survivor So-nia Weitz was the guest speaker at the Jack Satter House Monday.

Pro wrestling legend Killer Kowalski was a guest on the cable TV show host-ed by Ward 2 City Council-or John J. Perez.

Lance Kelley has been named the permanent city Building Inspector.

“Love and Basketball,” “Where the Money Is,” and “Romeo Must Die” are playing at the Revere Showcase Cinemas.

Officials extend property tax deadlineOn Monday, Mayor Ar-

rigo announced the City of Revere will extend its due date for property tax pay-ments from May 1, 2020 to

June 1, 2020. This new due date will also apply for applications for exemption and deferral, which were previously due April 1. The City will also waive interest and other fees/penalties for late payments on any bill due on or after March 10, 2020, as long

as the payment is made by June 30, 2020.

“We know that many people in our city are facing financial uncertainties and hardship during this time, and want to support

them as best we can while still maintaining the tax base required to serve residents with high quality city services,” Mayor Ar-rigo said. “Our team will continue to explore every opportunity to alleviate fi-

nancial burdens on our res-idents and business own-ers.”

The City also continues to publish new case data at Revere.org/coronavirus to provide the public with in-sights into the

rate of increase of new cases in the City of Revere, including comparisons to other municipalities and the Commonwealth as a whole.

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off in North Revere, Beach-mont, and Point of Pines and collectively moved to-ward the inner part of the city,” explained Hinojo-sa. “I’m pretty sure we hit every street. We may have missed a dead end street here or there.”

The families adhered to the social distancing guide-lines while displaying signs

and remaining close to their homes.

Hinojosa served as one of the drivers and used his own Jeep with the roof re-moved so children could have a good view of the Easter Bunny.

Mayor Brian Arrigo par-ticipated with one of the groups in the parade. The Revere Police and Fire De-

partments safely escorted the Easter Bunny motor-cades. Revere’s Water and Sewer Departments, DPW, and Action Towing also as-sisted in the parade.

A former Revere and Suffolk University baseball star, Hinojosa said he was grateful to all the groups who helped make the pa-rade a tremendous success.

By John Lynds

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has caused hard times in Re-vere with many parents out of work and finding it hard-er and harder to pay bills.

However, there’s some relief for Revere families thanks to a new GoFundMe campaign set up by the Re-vere Teachers Association (RTA).

The RTA has partnered with The Neighborhood Developers (TND) to sup-port families in Revere during the COVID-19 emergency.

The RTA created a Go-FundMe campaign, that can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/f/rta-sup-ports-revere-families, and is raising proceeds that will all go towards TND and their Revere-based relief efforts.

Donations will be used to pay up to $1,000 toward rent, utilities, and other es-sential bills for needy fam-ilies, prioritizing those who have lost their jobs but ar-en't eligible for unemploy-ment or are in other partic-ularly vulnerable situations. Any family in Revere who is in need of this assistance can apply for the grant.

So far the campaign has raised $13,633 towards a $25,000 goal as of Tuesday.

“We are hearing from many people who lost their jobs as drivers, restaurant

workers, or as housekeep-ers,” said Rafael Mares, TND’s Executive Director. “The economic fallout is very uneven: some house-holds remain employed while others no longer have stable income. The teachers of Revere have shown such compassion and generosity which will make a real dif-ference to the families that they know so well through the schools.”

RTA President Erik Fear-ing said the RTA is grateful to the City of Revere for continuing to pay school workers during this time and is working to support families in the community who do not have the same job and financial security.

“I’m incredibly proud to have a way that we can sup-port Revere families direct-ly,” said Fearing, “This cri-sis is hitting gateway cities harder than anywhere else, and since many employ-ees are stuck away from the city, we are looking for every opportunity to give back.”

TND is a non-profit that is dedicated to communi-ty development in Revere and neighboring Chelsea. TND’s many programs help people to access affordable homes, employment, and crucial resources, such as temporary financial as-sistance, that can make a world of difference.

In the last two weeks, TND has distributed $21,923 directly to 41

households in Revere and Chelsea with support from the United Way. There is a growing wait list of fam-ilies seeking short-term assistance that the RTA’s fundraiser will support. TND has set a goal to raise $120,000 to support its many relief efforts in the two cities.

“I feel like you and CONNECT just took a 100 pounds of pressure off my chest and mind,” said a re-cipient of these emergency funds. “You truly have been a blessing to my spirits right now and I could nev-er thank you enough for helping me with this over-whelming obstacle during this time.”

Organizers are planning to continue with fundrais-ing efforts through Moth-er’s Day on May 10th. Any-one that donates by May 10th will be entered to win one of five $100 gift certifi-cates at a local business.

“It’s a challenge to im-plement remote learning, but teachers’ biggest wor-ries have been for the safety and well-being of students and their families” said Beachmont Elementary teacher Julia Gallogly, “ I saw my co-workers taking it upon themselves to de-liver groceries and try to help individual families in any way they could think of. So I figured that there was energy to get organized and raise money on a bigger scale.”

Revere Teachers Association for Revere relief efforts

Members of the Revere Teachers Association have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help support Revere families financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RPS // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1needed in order to complete any work. We are all here to help and will do whatever we can so all students will be successful.”

In addition to caring for each other socially and emotionally, Kelly said now is also the time to start thinking about how we can help students move forward academically.

“Despite the challeng-es of not being in school and not being in the phys-ical company of teachers, learning needs to be part of everyone’s new daily rou-tine,” she said. “As time passes and we learn more about the patterns and be-haviors of COVID-19, it appears less and less likely to me that we will be able to reopen schools this year. Our hope remains that we will find a way to do so; but we determined the best strategy is to plan as if we will not be back and then hope we are wrong.”

Kelly said the Depart-ment of Elementary and

Secondary Education has provided guidance on re-mote learning to Revere Schools and school districts across the state.

“Remote learning can encompass a wide variety of learning opportunities,” said kelly. “While technol-ogy can be a supportive tool, districts and schools should also consider ways that student learning can continue offline. This could include exploring the natu-ral world, activities to sup-port students’ local com-munities--with appropriate social distancing, and en-gaging, hands-on projects and artistic creations that stem from students’ own passions and experiences.”

Kelly said RPS embraces these ideas as a foundation for its remote learning plan.

“Students and caregivers can expect teachers to post a range of learning activ-ities that may or may not involve the use of technol-ogy,” said Kelly. “We know that families and staff have

different levels of expertise in the use of technology. We hope this system meets the needs of all and can be customized, to some de-gree, for individuals.”

Kelly said RPS’s plan for now is to make appropriate resources available and ac-cessible for all students and their caregivers.

“We are not specifying work periods because we know these may vary based on teacher, student and fam-ily needs,” she said. “Stu-dents should spend roughly 3 hours each day on remote learning. These 3 hours should include some art, music, or physical activity. Most lessons provided by teachers will be designed so students can complete them at any time. In some cases, teachers will set up voluntary class meetings through Google Hangout or a similar online forum. Oth-er teachers and staff mem-bers may prefer to reach out to students and families by email or phone.”

security. Plans for The Inn were developed with sup-port from MEMA, the De-partment of Public Health and the Governor’s Office, and public safety and health

officials from both Revere and Chelsea.

“We know the best way to protect all our residents from this virus is to prevent expo-sure to it in the first place,”

said Mayor Arrigo. “Provid-ing a safe place for quaran-tine to those who need it is a critical part of our strategy to slow community transmis-sion in Revere.”

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OBITUARIES

Loraine (Griffin) Ash of Revere passed away on April 9 at the age of 96.

Loraine was a graduate of Milton High School and studied at Boston College. She was a professional Spanish Flamenco Dancer who went by the name “Lo-rita.” Her true passion was dance and she passed that along to her dance students. She had an appreciation for history and loved studying and writing about it, espe-cially the history of Boston. Loraine wrote for several local newspapers and pub-lications.

She will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

Born and raised in South Boston on November 14, 1923 to the late Timothy and Katherine (Tracey), she was the devoted wife of the late George A. Ash, cherished mother of the late

George Gabriel Ash and is also survived by many lov-ing nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC, Mass. Department . Public Health, Archdiocese of Boston guidelines and local restrictions on gather-ings and congregations due to COVID-19, all services will be privately held. In-terment Fairview Cemetery in Boston. For guest book please visit www.buonfi-glio.com

Louise (Perna) Spallone, a lifelong resident of Re-vere, died on Good Friday, April 10 at the age of 94.

Born in Revere on De-cember 8, 1925 to the late Joseph and Josephine (DePaula), she was the beloved wife of the late retired Revere Firefight-er Raymond Spallone, Sr., devoted mother of Marie Spallone of Peabody, Ray-mond Spallone, Jr., for-merly of Revere, retired Revere Firefighter Joseph Spallone and his late wife, Deborah Spallone of Mid-dleton, Jeannine Spallone of Needham and her part-

ner, Tom Evans and the late Jody Spallone; dear sister of Marie Censullo of Win-throp and the late Dominick Perna of Arlington, Carmen Perna of Revere, Joseph Perna of Peabody and Jo-sephine Lettney of Everett; cherished grandmother of Maria, Peter, Joseph, Jes-sica, Matthew and Zacha-ry. She is also survived by three great grandchildren and by many loving nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC, Mass. Department of Public Health, Archdi-ocese of Boston guidelines and local restrictions on gatherings and congrega-tions due to COVID-19, all services will be privately held. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mas-sachusetts Covid-19 Re-lief Fund: MA COVID-19 Relief Fund c/o Founda-tion for Business Equity 265 Franklin Street, BOX 304 Boston, MA 02110; or to make an online dona-tion, go to: https://donate.macovid19relieffund.org. For guest book please vis-it www.buonfiglio.com

Private funeral services and interment were held in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ev-erett for Palma C. “Palmy” (Lopez) Prudente who passed away peacefully on April 6 at the age of 83.

Palma was a graduate of East Boston High School, Class of 1954 and a former employee of Fision Phar-maceuticals & Digital Inc.

Palma’s loving family are most grateful that she was spared mercifully, not to have passed from this vicious virus and was taken from us peacefully and un-expectedly in the realm of natural causes.

The beloved wife of the late Joseph P. Prudente, she was the cherished moth-er of Joseph J. Prudente and his wife, Kathleen of Worcester, John J. Prudente and his late wife, Nancy of the Villages, FL and David F. Prudente and his wife, Suzanne of Acton; adoring grandmother to Kevin J. Prudente and his wife, Jai-me of Bolton, Jillian M. Masters and her husband, Nicholas of Shrewsbury and John J. Prudente, Jr. and his wife, Lindsey of Worcester, James M. Pru-dente and his wife, Anya of Melrose and Isabel E. Prudente of Acton. She is also lovingly survived by 10 great grandchildren: Riley, Caroline, Charlotte, Luke, Victoria, Pearl, Al-exandra, John J., III, Mi-chael and Gregory. She was

the dear sister of the late Lolina “Lally” Rose, Jo-sephine Rubino and Frank R. “Parky” Lopez, special aunt to Atty. James D. Rose and his wife Christine of Lynnfield. She is also ten-derly remembered by the members of the Prudente family.

Details regarding a “Cel-ebration of Life” (Date, time and place of venue) will be posted on social media and on the Vertuccio & Smith Home for Funerals website (www.vertuccio-andsmith.com).

Remembrances may be made to the Massa-chusetts General Hospital COVID-19 Relief Fund, Mass General Develop-ment Office, 125 Nashua Street, Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114-1101. To send online condolences, please visit www.vertuccioand-smith.com. Funeral Ar-rangements were under the care and direction of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals.

Lorraine AshPublished Boston Historian and Professional

Spanish Flamenco Dancer AKA Lorita

Louise SpalloneLifelong Revere resident

Palma ‘Palmy’ PrudenteFormer employee of Fision Pharmaceuticals

and Digital, Inc.

5th Year Memoriam

I cant be contented with yesterdays glory... I cant live on promises winter to spring,

Today is the moment and now is my story, Ill laugh, Ill cry and ill sing…

Miss you so, — Love Deb and the boys

Colm Bohill2015 April 15 2020 12th Year Memoriam

April 21, 2008 ~ April 21, 2020

SALVATORE CAMMARATA“Puppy” “Buddy”

Our lives have changed forever,since the day you passed away.

In heaven you’ll be waitingto meet us again someday

We Love You & Miss YouYour Family XO

*wink wink*

In Loving Memory FRANCES

“FRAN” BARLETTA20th Anniversary

4/13/2000 - 4/13/2020

Todays the anniversaryof the day that I lost you.

And for a time it felt as thoughtMy life had ended too.

But loss has taught me many thingsAnd now I face each day

With hope and happy memoriesTo help me on my way.

And though I’m full of saddnessThat you’re not longer here,

Your influence still guides meAnd I still feel you near.

What we shared will neer die.It lives within my heart,

Bringing strength and comfortWhile we are apart.

Loved and missed,Your Daughter, Tricia

You left this world long before we’d planned for you to go. But though our time to say goodbye came way to soon,

You willl never be forgotten.

You’ll live on in our hearts.

In that special place reserved for

only you,There is no doubt

your’re safe and soud in heaven.

But with you gone we’ll be forever changed.

And though we cherish every

moment of every memory, Oh how we’d love to have

you back again.Never we’ll forget you, always we will

miss you.Until then we’ll hold on to the

joy you brought to life.

And think of you,“Our Angel”

with every smile we see,For though always we will miss

you, Never we’ll forget you.For in Our hearts your love

will always be.

Gloria DeMartino 2019 – April 16 – 2020

In Loving MemoryHusband Joe, Daughter Karen, Family & Friends

Garry H. Rice passed away Wednes-day afternoon, April 8 at the

Melrose Wakefield Hospi-tal. He was 73 years old.

Born in Syracuse, NY, the son of the late Roy and Virginia (Schilling) Rice, he attended grade school in Indianapolis, Indiana but graduated from Lynnfield High School. He enlisted into the US Navy on Sep-tember 1, 1965 during the Vietnam War. Garry was honorably discharged on July 3, 1968. He graduat-ed from Indiana University, received a Bachelor of Sci-ence Degree and eventually settled in Chelsea where he worked and raised his fam-ily.

Garry worked as a Chel-sea Auxiliary Police Officer for a number of years be-fore becoming partners in a freight forwarding com-pany. He was a co-owner and business partner of Ad Com Express for 22 years until his retirement five years ago.

Garry and his wife, the late Susan J. (Rollins) Rice, resided in Revere for many

years. As a result of declin-ing health issues, Garry has been residing in Melrose for the last 2 years.

Garry was active in the City of Chelsea and had an active role in Chelsea Little League from 1984 – 1987. He was a late member of the N.R.A. and the Gun Owners Action League. He was also a late member of the Mystic Valley Gun Club in Malden and a former in-structor at the Old Colony Firearms School in Pem-broke.

Garry was the husband of the late Susan J. (Rol-lins) Rice, devoted father of Michelle Gregory and her husband, Vincent of Revere and Colby H. Rice and his wife, Stephanie of Methuen; brother of the late Gregory Rice and is also lovingly survived by two granddaughters, Amanda and Brianna Gregory of Revere.

Due to the current COVID-19 regulations, Garry’s Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be conducted at a later date. Funeral arrangements en-trusted to the Carafa Family Funeral Home in Chelsea.

Donald Jo-seph Finlay of Browns Mills, New Jersey, formerly of

Hampton, Virginia, passed away at his home on March 31 at the age of 85.

Born and raised in Beachmont, Revere, he was a graduate of Revere High School in 1952.

He was the cherished son of the late Barbara (Craw-ford) and Hugh Finlay, the beloved husband of the late Kyoko (Watanabe) and the late Junko (Nakagawa).

He served 21 years in the US Air Force spending 10 of those years overseas during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He received fourteen awards and cita-tions during his military ca-reer, and later retired from the US Postal System. He studied criminology at the University of Virginia. He was an avid history buff and held a passion for gem-ology.

Donald was the brother of the late Barbara (Stasio) and the late Hugh Finlay. He is survived by his three cherished children, Daniel Finlay and his wife, Patricia of Southampton, NJ, Kim Stryker of Ewing, NJ, and Joseph Finlay and his wife, MaryAnn of Browns Mills,

NJ; three step-daughters, Lockey Burchinal of Pensi-cola, Florida, Penny Mitzu-zawa of Coral Springs, Florida and Cathy Cooke of Newmartinville, West Virginia. Donald was the loving grandfather of Dan Finlay, Lauren Fekete, Leah Rodriguez, Brandon Finlay and step-grand-children, Nichole Eftvold, Megan Mitzuzawa, Amber Garcia, Jason, Rachel and Michael Cooke, Veneta Bourn, James Young, Nilda Coble and RaeAnn Young. He also leaves numerous loving great grandchil-dren, nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Hori-zon Funeral Home. Due to Covid-19 and CDC and military guidelines, Don-ald will be interred at the William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the coming months.

Garry RiceRetired co-owner of Ad-Com Express

Donald Joseph FinlaySept 21, 1934 — March 31, 2020

Teresa Carmela (DeSan-tis) D’Amato of Revere died on April 12 at the age of 92.

She was the matriarch of the family and would do anything for them. She took great pride raising the children while volunteer-ing at their schools. Tere-sa was an active member in her community especially at St. Anthony’s Church in Revere where she was Past Prefect of the Ladies Sodal-ity.

Born in New York on August 29, 1927 to the late Frank and Carmela (Lon-gibardi), she was the be-loved wife of 42 years to the late Marco D’Amato, devoted mother of Joseph D’Amato and his wife, Nancy of Dracut, Carmel Carnabucci and her hus-band, John Sr. and Cathy Bradbury and her husband, Jerome, all of Revere, James D’Amato and his wife, Dorothy of Roslin-dale, and Frank D’Amato and his wife, Hillary of Re-vere; dear sister of the late John DeSantis, Louise Pit-tari and Peter DeSantis and his surviving wife, Nora; cherished grandmother of Sarah and Brandon D’Am-ato, Nicole Cecere and her husband, Daniel, Domenic

Carnabucci, Noelle Forte and her husband, Antho-ny, Marc Carnabucci, John Carnabucci, Jr, Brittany Bradbury, Caitlin, Emily and Elsie D’Amato and adored great grandmother of Louis and Carmela Forte, Alexa Carnabucci, and Anthony and Audrey Cecere. She is also sur-vived by many loving niec-es and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. In-terment Holy Cross Cem-etery. Massachusetts Covid-19 Relief Fund: MA COVID-19 Relief Fund c/o Foundation for Business Equity 265 Franklin Street, BOX 304 Boston, MA 02110; or to make an online donation, go to: https://do-nate.macovid19relieffund.org. For guest book please visit www.buonfiglio.com.

Teresa Carmela D’AmatoPast Prefect of St. Anthony’s Ladies Sodality

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OBITUARIES

Private Funeral Services will be held for Thom-as John Sena, Sr, 65, who passed away in Revere on March 29 following a long illness.

For over 40 years, Tom worked in the family busi-ness “Hub Ticket Agency” of Boston. He played in the Hill Park Softball Team of Revere & sponsored and played for his own team, the Hub Ticket Soft-ball Team of Boston, which was the most winning team in the league.

The beloved husband of 41 years to Denise E. (Strianese) Sena, he was the devoted son of Doro-thy F. (Bradley) Sena of Revere and the late Angelo Sena, Jr., cherished father of Alison J. Scali and her husband, Joseph of Pea-body, Jennifer J. Sena of Brockton and Thomas J. Sena, Jr. of Revere; adored grandfather to Joshua T. Scali, Jordan P. Fitzpatrick and Travis Fitzpatrick, both of Brockton; dear brother

of Pamela Clapp and her husband, Robert and spe-cial uncle to Meaghan and Kelly Clapp, all of Ft. My-ers, FL. He is also lovingly survived by many faithful cousins.

Remembrances may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Development & the Jim-my Fund, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. To send online condolenc-es, please visit www.ver-tuccioandsmith.com. Fu-neral Arrangements were under the direction of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals.

Ubaldo Leone of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on April 11 at the age of 85.

The beloved husband of the late Carmela (DeS-imone) Leone, he was the loving father of John Le-one of Winthrop, Benito Leone and his wife, Debi of Revere, Maria Misiano of Wakefield and her late husband, Stanley, Roy Le-one and his wife, Rachel of Hingham, Viola Giangre-gorio of Revere and her late husband, Thomas and the late Carlo Leone and his surviving wife, Laurie of Middleton; dear brother of Nicola Leone and Regi-na Gnerre, both of Revere, Carmela Favorito of East Boston and the late Michael Leone; cherished grand-father of Amoreena, Gina, Veronica, Jessica, Carl, Stanley Jr., Johnny, Maris-sa, Michael, Dante, Angelo,

Nicholas and Thomas and adored great grandfather of Joseph James and Marco Benito. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

All services will be held private. Entombment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ubaldo’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St. Watertown, MA. For online guest book www.vazzafunerals.com.

P r i v a t e Funeral Ser-vices and en-tombment in Wo o d l a w n Cemetery –

Sheffield Mausoleum were held for Joseph A. “Red” Terenzio, who passed away on March 30 at the age of 96.

Joe, also known to many as “Red,” was a lifelong resident of Revere. He was born and raised in Revere and attended Revere Pub-lic Schools. At the young age of 17, Red enlisted in the United States Army at the height of World War II. He proudly rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant in the 43 rd Infantry Division 169 th Regiment. During this time, Red was awarded three Purple Hearts on three separate occasions. He was wounded in the Solomon Islands and Luzon, Phil-ippines and New Guinea. Each time Joe was wound-ed, he fought to get back with his group to continue to fight alongside his fellow soldiers.

Joe was honorably dis-charged and for his valiant and courageous service to his country, he was also award-ed a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and the Distinguished Unit Badge. Red returned home and married the “Love of his Life,” Delma Signore. The couple remained in Revere where they raised their fam-ily.

Red was also an entre-preneur. He worked at the Chelsea Naval Hospital as a painter and he also began his own business called “Red’s Painting & Plastering” and he also owned BT Cuttery, since 1976 with his daughter, Brenda. He also worked as a Custodian in the Revere Pub-lic Schools.

Red was completely de-voted to whatever he did. When he did anything, he gave 100%. He was a loving, dedicated and hardworking family man. He was certain-ly a true definition of being a part of the Greatest Genera-tion. He was a well decorat-ed war hero, who loved his country. It was fitting to his personality and his life that he was married for 70 years to his wife and when his health began to fail, he became a resident at the Chelsea Sol-dier’s Home. He was back with his fellow soldiers, all sharing a common ground.

Red was approached to be a part of a book, ti-

tled “The Rifle” written by Andrew Biggio, which is to be published this June. Red, along with many oth-er WWII veterans, is fea-tured in this book. Red also signed a rifle that he and thousands of U.S. Soldiers used during the war. Red was also interviewed by Channel 5 about his time during the war and about the upcoming book.

He was a longtime mem-ber of the Revere Moose Lodge 1272 and enjoyed playing pool there as well as being a member of their softball team. He also en-joyed baseball and was a devout Boston Red Sox fan.

The beloved husband of 70 years to Delma A. (Si-gnore) Terenzio, he was the devoted father to Faith A. Caporiccio and her hus-band, James of Wareham and Brenda A. D’Errico and her husband, James J. of Revere; cherished grandfa-ther to Diandra D’Errico of Revere, Jenna Fascoldi and her husband, Eric of Ware-ham, Marc Caporiccio of New Hampshire and the late Michael A. Caporiccio; dear brother of the late Phyllis A. Capuano, Ralph and Dome-nic Terenzio, Mary Siciliano, Concetta “Connie” Messina, Antoinetta Horton and Rose Sunderland. He is also lov-ingly survived by two great grandchildren, Maria and Isabella and many respected nieces, nephews, grandniec-es and grandnephews.

A Memorial Mass and “Celebration of Life” for family and friends will be held at a later date and announced on social me-dia and the funeral home website ( www.vertuccio-andsmith.com). Remem-brances may be made to the Patient Activities Fund at Chelsea Soldiers Home, 91 Crest Ave., Chelsea, MA 02150. To send online con-dolence, please visit www.vertuccioandsmith.com. Funeral Arrangements en-trusted to the care and di-rection of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals.

Thomas John Sena, Sr.Softball player and sponsor, worked 40 years

at family business, Hub Ticket Agency

Ublado LeoneOf Revere, formerly of East Boston

Joseph ‘Red’ TerenzioOwner of Red’s Painting & Plastering and

BT Cuttery, recipient of three Purple Hearts

Phyllis Rita (Scimone) DelGreco, a lifelong res-ident of Revere, passed away on Holy Thursday, April 9. She was with her son and daughter-in-law at her bedside when she passed due to pneumonia caused by Covid-19.

Phyllis worked for the Telephone Company as an operator. She was her hap-piest when spending time with her family and friends. She will truly be missed.

She was the daughter of the late Philip and Joan Scimone, beloved wife of the late Pasquale “Pat,” devoted mother of Robert S. and his wife, Rosanna; cherished grandmother of Michael, Robert, and Nich-olas; dear sister of Rich-ard Scimone and his wife, Susan, Sandra McCor-mick and her late husband, Thomas and the late Joseph “Joe Red” Scimone and his surviving wife, Karen. She was also survived by her

loving brother and sisters-in-law and by many nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Entomb-ment will be in Holy Cross Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Phyllis’ memory to St Jude Children’s Hos-pital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For guest book, please vis-it www.Buonfiglio.com

Phyllis Rita DelGrecoHappiest spending time with family and friends

Marie Rose (Amato) Her-man of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 12.

The beloved wife of the Gerald Herman, she was the loving mother of Deb-orah Milito of Tewksbury, Joseph S. Milito and his wife, Deborah of Revere and John F. Milito and his wife, Doreen of Saugus; cherished grandmother of Mafalda “Muffie” Milito, Joseph Milito Jr., Lauren Fiore, Lindsey and John Milito and adored great grandmother of Antonio, Joseph, Mia, Gabriella and Athena; dear sister of Mar-ion Venuto of Peabody and her late husband Charles, Carl Amato and his wife, Rose of Saugus, Elaine La-mattina and her husband, Louis of Peabody and Carol Sicranzo and her husband,

Michael of Middleton. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gathering due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Inter-ment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Marie’s name to a charity of your choice. For online guest book www.vazzafu-nerals.com.

Marie Rose HermanOf Revere, formerly of East Boston

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Shawn M. (Melone) Cook died unexpectedly on Monday, April 6 at her home in Revere. She was 56 years old.

Shawn’s life will be honored by her family and friends at a later date and will be announced on social media.

Shawn was born and raised in Revere. She was educated in Revere public schools and was a gradu-ate of Revere High School, Class of 1981. Shawn worked various jobs before she married on April 25, 1986 to Michael W. Cook. The couple remained in Revere where they raised their family. Shawn was a proud housewife and moth-er of two sons, Michael and Mathew. Her life was built around her family. She loved entertaining during the holidays as well as dec-orating for each one.

Cooking was also a pas-sion of hers and she loved to see everyone enjoy her many delicious meals. In her spare time, she loved her TV shows, especially Law & Order. Many people would see her in her front yard gardening and mak-ing her home welcoming, she would be in the back-yard planting flowers and vegetables for everyone to enjoy.

She was the cherished wife of Michael W. Cook

of Revere for almost 34 years of marriage, proud and loving mother of Mi-chael P. Cook and his wife, Colleen of Lynn and Mathew D. Cook of Re-vere; adored grandmother of Jacob “Jake” and expect-ed grandmother of another grandson; beloved daughter of the late Lawrence P. and Marilyn Mary (McCar-thy) Melone; dear sister of Kathleen M. Angelini and her husband, Gary of Re-vere and Judy H. Rizzo and her husband, David of Pea-body. She is also lovingly survived by several loving nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grandnephews. Remembrances may be made to the Northeast An-imal Shelter, 347 Highland Avenue, Salem, MA 01970. Funeral Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals. To send online condolences, please visit www.vertuccioand-smith.com

Patricia (Hardick) Ce-cere of Revere died on April 2 at the age of 87.

Born in Chelsea on Au-gust 18, 1932 to the late Charles Hardick and Nao-mi (Reynolds) Hardick, she was the beloved wife of the late John Cecere, devoted mother of Patricia Suther-land of Revere, Leonard Cecere of Malden, Robert Cecere of Chelsea and the late Mary Cecere; cher-ished grandmother of Rich-ard Sr, Krista, Stephen, Ni-cole, Elizabeth and the late Kevin and Matthew; adored great grandmother of John, Richard Jr., Christopher, James and Briana and dear sister of the late Florence “Teeney” and Charlotte. She is also survived by

many loving nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the gatherings and congrega-tions due to COVID-19, CDC, Mass. Department of Public Health, Archdiocese of Boston guidelines and local restrictions, all ser-vices will be privately held. For guest book, please vis-it www.buonfiglio.com.

Patricia R. (Martin) Fernandes of Chelsea, 87, passed away on Friday, April 3 at the Katzman Family Center for Living in Chelsea where she had been receiving supportive care for the past several years.

She was born and raised in New York City and was one of seven daughters giv-en to the union of the of the late James and Anna (Feld-man) Martin. She married in 1957 and soon relocat-ed to East Boston, raising a family of three sons and one daughter.

She worked outside of her home to support her family, holding positions from bookkeeping at JC Penny to working as an of-fice clerk with the IRS.

Patricia has been re-siding in Chelsea since 1980. She lived in several neighborhoods making her home from Orange Street to Franklin and Springvale Avenues. She settled for several years on Admirals Hill before going to the Katzman Center in Chelsea.

Wherever she lived, her home was always open, she most enjoyed entertaining and cooking for family and friends. Best known for her independent spirit, she is fondly remembered for her impeccable sense for fash-ion and dress and her love of music and dancing. She

also enjoyed drawing and painting.

She was the devoted mother of Kenneth J. Di-Crescenzo of Lynn, Eric S. DiCrensczo of Medford, Lorraine A. Easter of So. Berwick, Maine and the late James F. DiCrescenzo. She was the cherished grand-mother of four: Christopher Abbott, Eric, Brandon and James DiCrescenzo and great grandmother of two; dear sister of Kathleen Tan-skey and Claire Langevin, both of New Jersey, Blanche Squillante of Long Island, Anne DiPalermo of Staten Island and the late Rita Kling and Marylin Belmonte.

A private family fare-well service was held on Wednesday. Arrangements were given to the care and direction of the Welsh Fu-neral Home in Chelsea. For online guest book or to send expressions of sym-pathy, please visit; www.WelshFuneralHome.com

Shawn CookHer life was built around her family

Patricia CecereOf Revere

Patricia FernandesBest known for her independent spirit

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OBITUARIES

Kenneth Gravell, Jr., 59, died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, April 5.

Mr. Gravell was a mem-ber of the Carpenter’s Union Local #33.

Born in Everett and a lifelong resident of North Revere, he was the son of Catherine (Currier) Gravell and the late Kenneth Grav-ell. In addition to his moth-er, he is survived by his brother; Nicholas Cox and his wife, Marina, sister, Jeanine Tremblay, cousin, John Gravell and by many nieces, nephews and cous-ins. He was the brother of the late William Gravell

and his wife, Sharon. Services were private

with entombment at Holy Cross Mausoleum. For condolences www.Bisbee-Porcella.com.

Private Funeral Services and interment in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Pea-body were held for Mary E. (Hurley) Fontaine, 96, who passed away on April 7 fol-lowing a brief illness.

The wife of the late Rene J. Fontaine, she was the beloved mother of Robert “Jay” Fontaine and his hus-band, Ray Gottwald of Har-wich, John R. Fontaine of Lynn and Jane E. Fontaine and her husband, Richard A. Bryson of Revere; de-voted grandmother of Jus-tin and Jasmine Fontaine, cherished sister of Virginia Michaud of Salem and the late Eugene Hurley, James Hurley and Eileen J. Tighe. She is also lovingly sur-vived by several nephews and nieces. Remembrances

may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospi-tal, 501 St. Jude Pl., Mem-phis, TN 38105-9959. To send online condolences, please visit www.vertuc-cioandsmith.com. Funeral Arrangements were under the care and direction of the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals.

George F. Capano III of Andover died recently.The son of George Jr. and Madeline (Zizza) Capa-no of Andover, he was the brother of Anthony M. and his wife, Jennifer of Flori-da, Christian Tavares and her husband, David, Chris-topher P., Madelyn Curry and her husband, Douglas, Michael J. and his wife Erin, all of Andover and Richard A. and his wife Sarah of New Hampshire. George is also survived by several nephews, niece and

extended family.Due to the Covid-19 restrictions all services at the moment are privately held. Future ser-vices to include family and friends will be planned in the coming months. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in George’s name to Greater New England Muscular Sclerosis Society, 101A First Ave. Waltham, MA 02451. Arrangements under the direction of Cota Funeral Home, 335 Park St. NORTH READING. www.cotafuneralhomes.com

Kenneth Gravell, Jr.Member of Carpenter’s Union Local 33

Mary FontainePassed following a brief illness

George Capano, IIIOf Andover

Mary AmatoCafeteria worker at the Lincoln School, also

worked for Brooks Brothers and Stop & Shop

Antoinette Melchionno, 97, of Revere and formerly of Chelsea, died on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Born and raised in Chel-sea, Antoinette moved to Revere as a young woman where she made her home ever since. She was active in many senior citizen’s organizations. In her free time, she loved spend-ing time with family and friends. She will be sorely missed.

The beloved wife of the late Angelo Melchionno, she was the devoted moth-er of Barbara Eydenberg of Revere, cherished grand-mother of Robert Eyden-berg of Revere, dear sister of the late Michael Colella, Carmella Ferrante, Ade-line “Lily” Massa, Edith Colella, Amerigo Colella, Olga Colella, Jennie Greg-ory, Patsy Colella and Rita Keating. She is also sur-vived by many loving niec-

es and nephews. In accordance with the

CDC’s Current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19 all services will be held privately. The fam-ily is planning a celebration of Antoinette’s life for a later date to be announced. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St Jude Children’s hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 USA . Inter-ment Woodlawn Cemetery. For guestbook please visit www.Buonfiglio.com.

H a r o l d “Buddy” Lear of Port St. Lucie, Florida passed away

on March 30. The beloved husband

of Letty (Burke) Lear with whom he shared 53 years of marriage, he was born and raised in Revere and served in the US Navy as an air crew man. Upon release, he became a naval reservist.

He was a Patrolman on the Revere Police Depart-ment until his retirement.

His brother was the late Robert F. Lear, a retired Revere Police Dept. De-tective and his late wife, Betty along with his niec-es and nephews, Robert Jr., Michael, Kathy, Susan and the late Richard Lear.

He also leaves behind his in-laws, Retired Police Sergeant, John Burke and Janet Wholley, Dr. Darlene Burke and her husband, Gary Strasmann, Regis and her husband, Mike Solem-ina, and Michael Solemina and his wife, Andrea.

His remains will be bur-ied in the Veteran’s Ceme-tery in Florida.

Antoinette MelchionnoActive in many senior citizen organizations

Harold LearRevere Police Department retiree

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‘Masks for Revere’ working to keep Revere equippedMoroccan American Connections in Revere donating 2,000 masks per week

Delivering in a time of NeedFirst Congregational Church Pantry seeing unprecedented numbers

The Moroccan com-munity continues to show solidarity and dedication in these extremely uncer-tain times. Here’s the story of the Moroccan American Connections in Revere, an organization specialized in youth development and cultural inclusion in Re-vere, a city 5 miles north of Boston, and home to about 7000 Moroccans (more than 10% of the Revere population).

A week ago, MACIR de-cided to put all its regular activities on hold and join the Revere Emergency Re-sponse Team, headed by the City Mayor. MACIR was tasked with supplying the city with protective masks. In the United States, masks are extremely scarce and a topic of controversy at the highest political levels. The fact is that 95% of US sur-gical masks are made over-seas, which means the U.S. only has access to a tiny portion of the normal sup-ply. What does this mean for Revere? Well, a sin-gle Revere Hospital needs about 1,500 masks per week. Making masks from scratch is really the only solution to the shortage at this point.

Starting with $1500 from its fund, MACIR pur-

chased the adequate fabric and sewing machines to ensure the production of 2000 masks per week. This production continues to be possible thanks to an addi-tional $1000 raised through a crowdfunding campaign called “Masks for Revere”.

Beyond Moroccan vol-unteers, MACIR brought together Revere locals from various cultural back-grounds to contribute to this initiative. “Masks for Revere” continues, with

more and more demand from Revere and beyond.

As MACIR treasurer ex-pressed, “It's so amazing to see many members of the community and around the state are reaching out”.

“I am not in the front-line fighting this pandemic Coronavirus but I am trying to help our community and hospitals with the shortage of masks they are facing” Blanca Bedoya a local tai-lor helping sew masks for MACIR, said

“Making these masks has been an emotional jour-ney to help save some lives by being part of the process of slowing the spread of COVID19” Yassine Smiss-ame, a volunteer with MA-CIR, said

You can learn more about “Masks for Revere” in this news feature on lo-cal TV Channel Boston 25 News.

Here’s to more love and solidarity!

MACIR (Moroccan American Connections in Revere) was established in 2016 to help integrate the growing Moroccan Amer-ican population in the city of Revere, MA, estimated to be at least 10% of the Revere’s population. MA-CIR runs youth activities that focuses on culture and Arabic language learning in addition to the yearly street festival to promote diversi-ty and inclusion in the city of Revere and beyond. We also organize youth special programs such as the Youth City Council to civically engage immigrants’ kids at a younger age. MACIR has been organizing a yearly soccer tournament to raise a $1000 scholarship for Re-vere High School called the Bob Haas-MACIR scholar-ship.

Blanca Bedoya, a local business owner from Columbia, has been sewing masks for MACIR. These masks were designed by fashion designer Salwa Gardaf, MACIR’s cultural advisor and Arabic teacher.

Mary M. (Carrozza) Am-ato, 85, of Revere, passed away at home on Monday, April 13 surrounded by her loving family.

Mary worked for Brooks Brothers in Boston as a seamstress, Cafeteria work-er at the Lincoln School in Revere and at Stop & Shop on Squire Road in Revere.

She was the cherished daughter of the late Felice and Giuseppina (Gangi) Carrozzo, beloved wife of the late Giuseppe Amato. loving mother of Silvana Marchetti and her husband, Raymond, adored grand-mother of Maria, Robert and Brandon Marchetti, cherished great-grand-mother of Elijah Reed, car-

ing sister of Rosa Izzo and loving aunt of Susan Luon-go and Agostino Izzo. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all service are private. In lieu of flowers donation may be made in Mary’s name to the St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital by visiting www.stjude.org

By Cary Shuman

During the current COVID-19 crisis, the First Congregational Church of Revere Food Pantry has been seeing the largest number of visitors in the Pantry’s history, according to Wendy Baur, director of the Pantry, and the Rev. Timothy Bogertman, asso-ciate church pastor.

“The line [on April 8] stretched all the way back from Revere High School to our church front door (locat-ed at 320 Beach St.),” said the Rev. Bogertman, spiritu-al leader of the church along with the Rev. Nick Granit-

sas, senior pastor.The Rev. Bogertman

said the Food Pantry oper-ates every Wednesday, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Last Wednesday (April 8), there were 321 people who came to the Pantry, of which 296 were new visitors. A total of 526 bags of food were distributed along with 321 bags of USDA food.

“In any given week during this time of year, we might have 50-60 peo-ple per week, but never this many people – it’s unprec-edented,” said the Rev. Bo-gertman.

Wendy Baur, who has been director of the Pan-

try since 2002 and a vol-unteer since 1997, said the substantial number of new visitors to the Pantry has prompted her to order 9,000 pounds of food a week from the Food Bank. The Pantry previously ordered 8,000 pounds of food a month.

“Two weeks ago, we had 100 new visitors. Last week we had 296 new visitors,” said Baur.

Baur said the distribu-tion efforts are done per-son-to-person because there is no room for drive-up at the intersection of Beach Street and Central Avenue where the church is located.

The Pantry is trying to set up a second site where residents would be able to drive up and receive the bags of food.

Baur said she is being assisted by volunteers from the church and the city’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Team. She said that Councillors-at-Large Gerry Visconti and Steve Morabito and candidate for state representative Joe Gravellese helped out at the Pantry last week. “Dimple Rana, who’s on the city response team, has been incredibly helpful,” said Baur.

City Council President

Patrick Keefe said he is pleased that city officials and community leaders are teaming up to assist the church’s food pantry. Among the donors has been Dan Luberto, owner of Lu-berto’s Bakery.

“The City of Revere and some of our partnerships have been doing a lot in re-gard to food response in the city,” said Keefe. “There is a huge need. Dan Luberto has generously donated to the cause and he did it qui-etly to help out the residents of Revere.”

The Rev. Timothy Bogert-man, church pastor, said the city has been very supportive of the pantry’s food distri-bution efforts. “The city has been very supportive through all of this. Mayor [Brian] Arrigo and the City Council have done everything they can to help us while we try to meet this need.”

The Rev. Bogertman also expressed his gratitude to Luberto for his donation.

“We are very apprecia-tive of that donation and very blessed by that,” he said. “We thank everyone who has been helping sup-port us at this time. It’s been pretty amazing.”

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By Cary Shuman

Whenever Jonathan Murphy and his 2019 Re-vere High teammates gath-er in the years to come, they’ll remember their game against Lynn English at Manning Field – when, as it all turned out - their undisputed and undefeated NEC championship season was on the line.

It was Jonathan - a 5-foot-11-inch, 170-pound

senior captain, an All-Con-ference cornerback and the youngest of three RHS football-playing Murphy brothers - who made the biggest tackle of his four-year career to ultimately seal Revere’s wild 32-30 victory over English in overtime. The events that preceded Murphy intu-itively reading a rollout and ultimately denying the Lynn English quarterback the corner – well, Revere

fans likely will never view a football sequence like that ever again.

To summarize: Revere had recovered a fumble on English’s possession in overtime, but English im-mediately recovered the ball right back and took it to the end zone for a touch-down, bringing the Bull-dogs to within two points and a try to force a second overtime.

Murphy saw things de-veloping on the two-point conversion attempt and tackled the English quarter-back to end the game and set off a raucous celebra-tion.

“I was playing more like a rover-safety,” recalled Murphy. “English had stacked the box and had two tight ends in the game at that point. So my respon-sibility was basically con-tain the outside and make sure nothing gets around me. Joe Llanos [who had scored four TDs in the game] blitzed the inside and I went outside. I saw the quarterback rolling out and I just tried riding him out as long as I could right to the sideline and I was able to take him down.”

Following a thrilling run in the MIAA playoffs

that ended one step short of the Super Bowl in a loss at Melrose before a standing-room only crowd, Revere regrouped and de-feated Winthrop on Thanks-giving to wrap up the afore-mentioned NEC title.

An auspicious debut in Revere Pop WarnerJonathan Murphy made

his debut in football as the quarterback of the Revere Pop Warner Junior Patriots’ ‘F’ team coached by his fa-ther, Brian. The Junior Pa-triots went 9-0 that season with 5-year-old Jonathan piloting the offense.

“That season gave me a great idea about football,” recalled Jonathan. “After going 9-0, I thought, ‘this is the best sport ever.’’’

Murphy was a standout at each level in the rising Revere Pop Warner foot-ball organization that saw more players joining and progressing to high school football.

He then made a notable transition from Pop Warner to varsity football, becom-ing a starting cornerback as a freshman. He returned to his quarterbacking roots as a sophomore and then became a starting wide re-ceiver as a junior. But when

starting quarterback Calvin Boudreau sustained a sea-son-ending injury, Coach Lou Cicatelli called on the versatile Murphy to take over the reins of the Revere offense once again.

Boudreau returned as QB this season and the tal-ented junior teamed with Murphy at wide receiver to form one of the NEC’s best passing combinations, giving the Patriots another serious threat to take the de-fense’s attention away from the dangerous Joe Llanos coming out of the backfield.

The NEC coaches recog-nized Murphy’s superb se-nior season by unanimous-ly selecting him NEC First

Team All Conference. He has announced his intention to attend Endicott College in Beverly.

Murphy credits Cicatel-li and the Revere coaching staff for “an amazing four years.”

“It was a great experience – I gave my all during those four years,” said Murphy. “Coach Cicatelli helped me out a lot. He taught me well from freshman year all the way through senior year. I wouldn’t change anything from my four years in that football program. It’s just something I’ll always re-member. I worked with

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The Massachusetts In-terscholastic Athletic As-sociation (MIAA) last week announced plans for a shortened spring athletic season season in the event that Gov. Charlie Baker allows schools to go back into session on May 4.

The MIAA’s plans com-press the 2020 spring sea-son into a regular season of 8-12 games and then an abbreviated post-season that would feature only sec-

tional playoff tournaments. There would be no state tournaments.

School presumably would play only other schools within their own conferences, a move that would necessitate a recon-figuration of the existing schedules for every school.

If schools do in fact re-open on May 4, the MIAA also established guidelines for the pre-season for each sport. The pre-season, in-

cluding tryouts, would be shortened to a week for most sports. Rugby pro-grams would be required to have a nine-day pre-sea-son, though spring golf pro-grams would be required to have only a three-day pre-season.

Of course, the MIAA’s plans are predicated on a big “if,” that being whether schools are allowed to reopen on May 4, which is an in-creasingly-unlikely scenario.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still rampag-ing through the state, the chances of schools being reopened -- which would expose students, teachers, coaches, and all of their families to infection -- ap-pears to be remote.

The MIAA Board of Directors met Monday to discuss further plans and options, but no announce-ments have been forthcom-ing as of press time.

Hope springs eternal: MIAA plans for shortened season

Jonathan Murphy will be continuing his football career for the Endicott College Gulls.

Revere High wide receiver Jonathan Murphy looks to elude a tackler during a game in the 2019 season. See MURPHY Page 10

By Cary Shuman

Harry Della Russo Stadi-um on Park Avenue would normally be bustling with activity during the spring and in to the summer. Re-vere High sports teams, men’s soccer leagues, the Boston Renegades of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), and outdoor bas-ketball players all call the stadium home.

But the COVID-19 glob-al pandemic has forced the postponement of all teams’ schedules for now.

The WFA, a league con-sisting of women’s profes-sional football players, has postponed its 2020 season but hopes to resume at some point.

“Everything is so up in the air right now,” said Di-rector of Parks and Recre-ation Mike Hinojosa, who is the stadium’s scheduling coordinator. “We’re mov-ing forward as if the sum-mer is going to happen but we don’t know if we’re going to change up some of the events for social dis-tancing purposes.”

Hinojosa said the Ren-egades organization has reached out to him and in fact, has applied for one-day liquor licenses for home games “as if the sea-son is going to happen at

some point in the summer.”In the past Revere ath-

letes have competed for the Boston women’s pro football team, notably RHS graduate Jess Penta, who earned All-American hon-ors as a defensive lineman.

Jess’ father, the late Re-vere City Councillor Rich-ard Penta, was one of the Boston team’s biggest sup-porters.

Mr. Penta would hold massive pre-game tailgate parties outside Dilboy Sta-dium in Somerville, the pro team’s former home field.

Mr. Penta would then move to his regular seat in the team’s rooting section and join other members of the Penta delegation while cheering on Jess Penta and her teammates, most times to victory. Talk about a proud dad – Richard Penta was all of that.

Chelsea High Director of Athletics Amanda Alpert has been a long-time cen-ter for the defending Super Bowl champion Renegades and was set to return to the team this season.

“It’s just wait and see right now,” said Hinojosa. “It’s the same thing with Major League Baseball. I don’t think anyone has the answer to when we can come back and play orga-nized team sports.”

Boston Renegades women’s football is now on hold at

Harry Della Russo Stadium

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The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza escalating across the country and pre-venting some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to cancel blood drives, the Red Cross now has a critical shortage of type O blood and urgently needs donors to restock the shelves.

Currently, the Red Cross has less than a three-day sup-ply of type O blood available for patient emergencies and medical treatments. Type O positive blood is the most transfused blood type and can be given to Rh-positive patients of any blood type. While just 7 percent of the U.S. population has type O negative blood, it can be transfused to patients with any blood type and is what hospital staff reach for during emergencies when there isn’t time to determine a patient’s blood type.

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Northeast Region Award recipient, Kathy Milligan (sitting, center), with Generations, Inc. volunteers at the Whelan Ele-mentary School.

Milligan receives Northeast Educators Hall of Fame award

See MILLIGAN Page 3

Master Plan meeting scheduled

Special to the Journal

Mayor Brian Arrigo in-vites residents and commu-nity members to attend the final forum for the City’s master plan, Next Stop Re-vere, at the Rumney Marsh Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 28 beginning at 6 p.m.

Attendees will hear a presentation on the draft Master Plan, which has been underway for the last year and is nearing a final report. At this meeting res-idents may share their feed-back and learn more about the future of Revere as en-visioned within the master plan.

Throughout the Master Plan process in 2019, resi-dents of all ages and back-grounds were engaged in creating a roadmap based on community input to help shape the future of the city. The final document will recommend key action items for local transporta-tion, housing, open space, energy and climate change, public health, economic

By Cary Shuman

Council President Patrick Keefe said he will continue to rely on Council subcom-mittees to hold extensive discussions on issues com-ing before the council, but he will welcome more feed-back from speakers at the regular council meetings.

One of the trademarks of former Council President Arthur Guinasso’s tenure

was an emphasis on the work of the subcommittees in preparing reports on is-sues that would ultimately come before the Council for a vote.

That style worked well and colleagues seemed to welcome the subcommit-tee’s new direction that resulted in concise sum-mations by the subcommit-tee chair – and, of course, shorter council meetings that didn’t get bogged down

by repetitive exchanges. “Everyone has their

style,” said Keefe about his predecessor’s successful reign as president in 2019. “Council President Guinas-so used his committees for good, thoughtful discus-sions on issues and it was effective. I will be open to some more initial feedback from residents if the atten-dance in the Council Cham-ber warrants it.”

Keefe has announced the membership of the Coun-cil’s ten subcommittees

for 2020. Each councillor serves as a chairperson of a subcommittee.

“I do expect our council-lors to attend subcommittee meetings when they are looking for more informa-tion on topics that we will be discussing and voting on as a council at our regular-ly scheduled meetings [that are usually held every other Monday at 6 p.m.”

Council President Keefe will continue emphasis on board’s subcommittees

See MASTER PLAN Page 3

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By Cary Shuman

Revere CARES (Revere Community Action Re-sources and Education to Sustain a Healthier Com-munity) honored five indi-viduals with Community Champion Awards during the organization’s Annual Celebration held Jan. 14 at the Marina at the Wharf Restaurant and Bar.

The five honorees were:Damian DeMarco,

Gibson Park Community Garden Beehive received Revere on the Move Cham-

pion Award, for his dedica-tion and contribution to the Urban Farming Initiative in his role as beekeeper and educator.

Mariya Emille Inocentes, RHS senior received Youth Health Leader Award, for her impressive person-al growth and leadership skills.

Dr. Dianne Kelly, super-intendent of Revere schools received Community Part-ner Award, for her loyalty and commitment to serve

Revere CARES presents itsCommunity Champion Awards

See REVERE CARES Page 12

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“This pandemic has dis-rupted everyone’s daily lives, and that can be in-credibly stressful and anx-iety inducing,” Superinten-dent DiBarri said. “We want to make sure our Northeast Metro Tech families know we’re here to offer our support through this diffi-cult, stressful time, and are offering these tips to help everyone, students, parents and guardians alike, man-age their stress and anxiety over the coming weeks.”

Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered all schools in the state to remain closed through the month of April, at least, in an effort to pre-vent further spread of the virus.

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great coaches and great teammates.”

Cicatelli said Murphy was a lock-down corner-back and a terrific receiv-er who had more than 400 yards catching the football.

“Jonathan had key touch-downs in the playoff games and was just an overall clutch player on both sides of the ball,” said Cicatelli. “In his junior year, I’ll nev-er forget how he took over as quarterback after Cal-vin got hurt and Jonathan stepped up and we went on a winning streak and he led us to the playoffs. He was a tough, hard-nosed kid, very coachable. He would play anywhere we asked him to, and he’s going to be greatly missed.”

Family traditonThe Murphy brothers’

football tradition in the RHS program encompass-es more than a decade and

the family’s imprint actual-ly dates back to when their father, Brian Murphy, was a starting tight end for Coach Silvio Cella’s Pats and caught passes from quar-terback Rich Finelli in the early 1980s.

Jonathan’s oldest broth-er, Brian Murphy, was an excellent lineman who went on to play football at UMass/Dartmouth.

Middle brother Dan-iel Murphy was an RHS captain and standout quar-terback and continued his football career at Saint An-selm. He will receive his college degree in May.

Off the field, parents Brian and Joanne Murphy deserve their own MVP Award. While Jonathan was performing his feats on the field at Della Russo Stadi-um, Mr. Murphy was help-ing out at the concession stand cooking the hot dogs

and overseeing the grill.Joanne Murphy was the

treasurer of the Boosters and the volunteer work and fundraising of that organi-zation did not go unnoticed by the players, the coaches or Revere High Director of Athletics Frank Shea.

“She was very involved as a booster – she helped out so much,” said her ap-preciative son, Jonathan. “I couldn’t thank my mom enough for all that, the same thing with my dad cooking on the grill every home game. They did so much for the program. They’re very humble about it, they don’t really like to say all that stuff, but they helped out a tremendous amount.”

Cicatelli said he was grateful for the Murphys’ off-the-field contributions to the program.

“I can’t say enough about his mother, Joanne, who did a great job in the par-ents’ club and all her efforts behind the scenes,” said Cicatelli. “I played high school football with Jona-than’s dad, Brian. The fami-ly has been very involved in the program and I’m going to miss the family. It’s been a real nice journey. I had the brothers at all my foot-ball camps since they were little. I watched them grow up to be young men and be successful.”

On to EndicottJonathan Murphy will

report to Endicott presea-son camp in early August for his first season of col-lege football. Honored with an Academic Award at the Revere football banquet, he intends to study business with a special emphasis in the field of sports manage-ment.

Murphy, who will play wide receiver for the En-dicott Gulls, hopes he’ll be catching passes at Hempstead Stadium from his roommate, Lynnfield quarterback and incoming freshman Clayton Marengi.

Looking back on his years at Revere High School, Murphy said he is grateful to the faculty for preparing students excep-tionally well for college.

“Revere High was great. The teachers are very down to earth and they care about the kids a lot. They want you to do well and they re-ally prepare so you can be successful in college and beyond,” he said.

The current COVID-19 global pandemic has cut short the seniors’ last year of high school. There re-mains hope that the school year will resume.

“When we left the school that last day before we were sent home, no one knew what was ahead – it’s kind of crazy to think how I walked out of Revere High for the last time as a student and I didn’t even know it,” said Murphy. “I miss walk-ing the halls, seeing my classmates, my friends, and the teachers and being part of such a fantastic school community.”

Revere High football captain Jonathan Murphy and his family are pictured after Revere’s victory over Winthrop in the 2019 Thanksgiving game. From left, Joanne Murphy, Daniel Murphy, Jonathan Murphy, Brian Murphy, and Brian Murphy.

PHOTO BY BOB MARRA

Jonathan Murphy, a captain of the NEC champion Revere High football team, has his sights on catching a pass in a game at Harry Della Russo Stadium.

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With the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, Mys-tic Valley Elder Services (MVES) continues to cre-ate contingency plans for service continuity and has established a COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Re-sponse Fund so MVES consumers will continue receiving critical assistance such as food, personal care and other essential items on either a short-term or one-time basis.

“Donations to this fund will help provide essential

support so that we will have the immediate and substan-tial resources needed to ad-just and continue to operate during these incredibly dif-ficult times for so many,” says Daniel O’Leary, CEO of MVES.

MVES would like to thank the following organi-zations for their recent gen-erous donations to the fund.

The Boston Foundation presented a $25,000 gener-al operating support grant to help provide support for MVES’ efforts to support

older adults with home meal deliveries and oth-er vital programs such as home care and medication services.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation gave a generous gift of $10,000 towards this emergency fund. Their funds will make certain MVES has funding needed to provide Meals on Wheels and meet food security needs for more of our vulnerable older adults during the pandemic.

The Savings Bank of

Wakefield and Winchester Savings Bank donated gifts of $3,000 each that will be used towards the MVES’ Money Management Pro-gram. This program pro-vides financial assistance to nearly 100 consumers who are living in our 11 com-munity service area helping them with bill paying, bud-geting and banking tasks. Seventy-nine Money Man-agement volunteers service these consumers by helping them with their financial tasks.

Donated goods are also coming in and welcomed. Short Path Distillery in Ev-erett donated 50 bottles of hand sanitizer to MVES for front-line employees.

Generosity to the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response Fund will provide the funding MVES needs to cover the costs of urgently needed, unbudgeted resources, in-cluding the surge in de-mand for home-delivered meals and added costs of preparation and delivery,

and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including masks, gloves, and hand sanitizers.

To support the Mys-tic Valley Elder Services COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response Fund, you can donate online by visiting mves.org or by sending a check to the atten-tion of Mystic Valley Elder Services, 300 Commercial St, #19, Malden, MA 02148. For more information on the fund, please email develop-ment@mves.org

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In the fast-changing and complex world of testing for the COVID-19 virus, CHA Everett officials announced this week what is a major piece of good news for the group’s network of com-munity hospitals in Everett, Cambridge and Somerville – that being the offering of a rapid test that can be done in-house with results in hours rather than days.

Dr. Rebecca Osgood, chief of pathology and clin-ical labs for Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), said on Monday that the hospital network has rolled out new rapid testing capa-bilities at its Cambridge lo-cation, and will soon have it up and running at the CHA Everett hospital as well. It is a major breakthrough for the communities served by CHA Everett – which have experienced some of the highest rates of infection in the state – whereby more people can be tested and get results much faster.

“Up until now, we’ve not been able to do testing in-house,” she said. “We’ve had to send our tests out to three labs after collect-ing samples…I’m happy to announce as of Monday we have our own in-house testing with a real-time PCR…One of my goals is to improve the lab resource at CHA Everett. We will be having the test at that site. Currently we’re only using it at Cambridge…but bring-ing it to Everett is import-ant because Everett is very, very busy. It’s really a very, very busy campus. It is re-ally a community that has benefitted from the pres-ence of CHA being there in the community for them.”

Testing for the COVID-19 virus has been a confusing matter for doctors, public health offi-cials, patients and the gen-eral public. Almost weekly there seems to be some sort of breakthrough, but each test seems to have its own set of positives and nega-tives. Keeping track of just how one can be tested is

next to impossible. How-ever, Dr. Osgood clarified exactly how it’s being done at CHA.

The new quick-test that is now being offered is the Cepheid Analyzer Xpert Xpress system – which is compatible with lab equip-ment at the CHA campus-es. It takes just 4-6 hours to get a result, and is done with a nasal swab. It was developed, like most tests, very quickly and only giv-en emergency authorization from the federal govern-ment on March 22.

CHA Everett has also been using three other re-al-time PCR tests that have to be sent out for lab analy-sis. They are using a COC Assay test that goes out to the State Lab in Jamaica Plain and takes 2.1 days on average for a result. They also partner with Labcorp on testing, which uses the Roche Analyzer test and has a turnaround time of 1.8 days. Meanwhile, their clinical affiliate Beth Isra-el has been working with CHA Everett to do testing using the Abbott quick-test, which is sent out to Beth Israel for analysis and re-turned on average in 0.93 days.

She said they are do-ing about 140 to 160 tests per day and, as of mid-day April 13, had completed 3,071 tests since around March 11.

“All of these tests are pretty rapidly produced, but when you send them out to another lab, it’s a lot of transportation time,” she said. “It’s really a break-through to have testing done here in our own lab. It means a result in 4 to 6 hours…The other tests are all about one or two days, so being able to do it in-house is a much better situ-ation. Time is very import-ant to our patients.”

Dr. Osgood said they hope to be able to radically expand testing soon in Ev-erett to help with the next stage of treating and detect-ing the sickness. However, that is hampered by one thing – a lack of swabs.

“Our plan is really to expand testing throughout the communities we’re in-volved in I believe,” she said. “That is something to expect, but what’s holding us back is the swab avail-ability and the inability to get in new swabs. I’ve tried and tried to order more, but we can’t get them in.”

She said, as a patholo-gist, not having swabs to use – a standard and plen-tiful piece of equipment in normal times for any medi-cal lab – would have never occurred to her.

“Absolutely never,” she said. “Who would have ever believed that I would have asked a colleague at the MIT Labs if they can 3-D print a swab? No one could have predicted that, but we have asked.”

NEW TESTING COMING

While all of the testing right now is being done through nasal or oral swabs with what is known as rap-id-time PCR testing, a new test is coming online known as serology – which tests for antibodies in the blood.

Rather than taking a sam-ple from the nose, the test is done by taking blood. Lab workers then analyze the blood for antibodies from the immune system, which helps them to know if one has had the COVID-19 vi-rus and has recovered.

She said within a week, they hope to be able to do such testing with their part-ner, Labcorp. Within two weeks, she said they hope to be able to have the test-ing in their in-house lab. She said it is this testing that has been on the news a lot lately, and particularly the one that is talked about a lot in presidential press conferences.

“When you get a test in-house like that, we can’t start it right away,” she said. “That’s hard to under-stand, even for doctors. We have to go through a quality control process and make sure it meets the standards.”

Once that is up and run-ning, it will prevent needing

to use swabs, but it will also be able to likely tell if you have had the virus and re-covered. It is not a new con-cept, she said, and has been used for years to detect if one has had the mumps or any other such disease.

“It is simply measur-ing the immune system anti-body response to the organism,” she said. “In this case, testing will look at your anti-body response to COVID-19. If you have a good enough response, we’ll know you had the vi-rus. Those patients are go-ing to be important for the Red Cross because the Red Cross is looking for donors who have recovered after a certain period of time. They will be able to donate their plasma to help our patients who are struggling with COVID-19.”

There has already been great work and research done on treating sick pa-tients with anti-bodies in the blood of recovered pa-tients, and it does seem to have good results. Once those serology tests are per-formed, the Red Cross is hoping to be able to provide this therapy more often on patients who are sick.

It will also be an import-ant part of figuring out if there is natural immunity to the COVID-19 virus, and whether or not someone can get it more than once. If the serology test shows that someone has had the virus, and then they show up sick again – it will raise many new questions that have not been posed just yet.

FALSE NEGATIVESThere are also many

concerns with testing for COVID-19 due to poten-tial false negatives – where a test shows that a person doesn’t have the virus, but they actually do have it.

It does happen, Dr. Os-good said.

The real-time PCR tests use a nasal or oral swab to collect viral material from the upper respiratory sys-tem. Detecting the virus depends on timing and the success of the test collec-

tion – a collection that is very uncomfortable and requires the swab to be in-serted far into the sinuses for up to 30 seconds.

In that method, only about 60 to 70 percent of those with the virus had a positive test, according to data re-leased from testing in China. A lower respiratory test was more accurate, around 90 to 100 percent. However, that requires a timely, invasive procedure to gather samples from the lungs.

Some of the restrictions on the upper respiratory test are whether or not the sample was done correctly, and whether the patient has come in too early.

“You actually might have a falsely negative specimen at the beginning,” she said. “There is no perfect test. We’re taught in medical school there are always tests with false positives and false negatives. In this test, false positives are very rare, but false negatives can happen…It could be the testing wasn’t done as vig-orously as it should have been. You’re supposed to be in there 15 to 30 seconds and it is uncomfortable. It could be you came in too early and your virus level isn’t as high.”

She said that is one rea-son they use the test as just one piece of data to diagnose the virus. CHA Everett is tending to look at the whole patient pic-ture, including what kinds of symptoms they have. If they test negative, but have all of the correct symptoms of COVID-19, there is an assumption that the patient

is probably sick.Right now, at the CHA

network, they are testing positive at a rate of 31.9 percent. That is 10 percent higher than the state aver-age of 21.9 percent. Over-all, employees at CHA are testing a lot lower than both averages – around 10 to 15 percent positive, which is good news.

“That is consistent with other hospitals in the area,” she said.

OVERALL CHALLENGES FOR TESTING

The challenge overall for increased testing of more people in Everett, Chelsea and Revere will be mate-rials. As Dr. Osgood said above, swabs are in short supply, but testing kits are also in short supply, as well as equipment.

While they have the Ce-pheid machinery, they have also tried to procure the Abbott ID Now machinery which helps process the Abbott quick-tests.

“I’ve asked for that ma-chine and they think it will be months,” she said. “They can’t even tell me when I’ll be able to be put on a wait list for an instrument.”

She said other testing kits are also in short supply right now.

“Just like masks goggles, gowns and gloves, testing is in really short supply,” she said. “We try to get an order in…The pandemic has real-ly shown how important it is to have all these supplies ready at any time. It’s really been an interesting experi-ence.”

CHA to roll out new, fast COVID-19 testing at hospitalsGoal is to expand testing to more people, if they can find swabs The Cepheid Analyzer

Xpert Xpress COVID-19 testing system has been

rolled out in-house at Cambridge Health Alliance this week

– allowing patients to get a test result in 4-6 hours rather than one to

two days. The testing is available now at the Cambridge site and

will be coming to CHA Everett very soon.

10 years agoApril 15, 2010Although the RHS soft-

ball tram dropped its two contests last week to open the season, first year head coach Joe Cicarrello said he saw a lot of good things in the two games. In the season-opening 10-6 loss to Medford, the Lady Patri-ots got off to a rocky start as Medford scored four runs in the opening inning. However, the Revere girls bounced back with five tallies of their own in the second frame to take a 5-4 advantage. Sara Selevitch (who was the starting pitch-er and deserved a better fate, but was victimized by

poor fielding support be-hind her), led the offense with two hits. Ciccarello also praised the efforts of Jess Simpson and Cassan-dra Petrola. In the 14-6 de-feat to another former GBL rival, Everett, the Lady Pa-triots fell behind early, trail-ing 4-0 after four frames, but battled back with two runs in each of the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.

After an unusually lengthy pre-season, the Re-vere High baseball team will open its 2010 season tomorrow (Thursday) af-ternoon, hosting Salem at 4:00.

RHS head coach said Nick DiMare will get the

nod for the season-opening assignment on the mound. Paul Norton will serve as his battery-mate behind the plate. Bryan Robichaud will man first base, Chiarelli will take second, and Frank Colleran will hold the fort at short. Russ Goodwin will round out the infield at the hot corner. In the outfield, Chris Adreani will patrol center field. John DiVe-nuti, Jimmy Ortiz, David Krassnoff, Dale Paradise, and Jay Sasso also will see action in the outfield.

Souhil Arariche was the top point-scorer for coach Jack Mosko’s RHS boys outdoor track & field team in their season-open-

ing meet against Danvers. Souhil took first in the tri-ple jump with a distance of 35’-10” and second in the 100 dash in 12.0 for eight points on the day. Vito Li-cata was next on the Patriot scoresheet, accounting for six points with a first place discus toss of 111’-7.5” and a third in the shotput with a throw of 39’-6.5”. A num-ber of Patriots earned three points for second-place fin-ishes: Bobby Driscoll with a mile run of 5:19; Ernesto Bonilla in the two mile in 11:48.7; Vincent DiChiara in the 100 meter high hur-dles in 19.6; and Jonathan Tran in the 800 in 2:30. Third-place finishers were

DiChiara in the 100 dash in 12.2 and with a javelin toss of 119’-1”; Chris Panzini in the 200 dash in 26.1; Raw-lings Toglon in the 400 run in 59.3; Omar Morales with a discus throw of 102’; and Brian Collins in the two mile in 12:25.

20 years agoApril 19, 2000The Revere High softball

team is off to a 4-2 start af-ter wins of 20-1 over Mad-ison Park and 20-6 over Medford. Pitcher Carleen Wastaferro has been lead-ing the way for coach Joe Nichinello’s squad.

40 years agoApril 16, 1980The Immaculate Con-

ception Junior High girls basketball team, which was winless last year, captured the league title under head coach Peter DiGiulio this past season. The team, which had not won a game since 1975, finished at 10-0. Members of the team include Ann Monagle, Nora Hartigan, Maria Sasso, Sheila Molea, Mary Ann O’Donnell, Cheryl Moc-cia, Kelly Trayers, Kristin Kaliris, Karen McCarthy, Janine Moccia, Paula Hor-gan, Paula Vilasi, Gabriella DiSalvo, and Elizabeth Holland.

RHS SPORTS Through the Years

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WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING IN MIND, EASTER 2020 LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT

The Hantons enjoyed an outdoor Easter celebration this past Sunday. While the adults mingle outside, little Charlie (shown right) had to practice social distancing from a bit farther away.

Shown above and below, the DiBella family enjoyed time together while keeping their distance, making sure to stand stagnated for their family photos.

Easter on the Stoop was popular in Revere this Sunday. Shown above is the Cammarata family.

By John Lynds

Local renters of apart-ments and commercial properties are not immune to the economic downturn

caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many residents rent and many small business-es owners do not own the building that they operate.

With so many out of

work and small businesses owners forced to close due to the virus outbreak, the ability to pay rent has be-come harder and harder as each week passes.

Luckily there has been

Massachusetts House passes moratorium on evictions and foreclosures some relief on the state lev-el to help renters as well as homeowners.

The House, led by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Rep. Adrian Madaro, along with their colleagues passed legislation to set a moratorium on most res-idential and commercial evictions and residential foreclosures during the COVID-19 State of Emer-gency and for 30 days after it ends.

“During these unprec-edented times, we need to do whatever we can to keep people healthy, safe and in their homes,” said Speaker DeLeo. “This legislation shields tenants and home-owners from economic insecurity during and im-mediately after the period of the state of emergen-cy. I thank Chairs Honan and Michlewitz for their work with members and stakeholders in putting to-gether this bill, which will enhance public health and provide relief during this pandemic.”

Rep. Madaro said he was proud to support this com-prehensive evictions and foreclosure moratorium bill.

“This legislation is nec-essary to protect renters, homeowners, and small landlords and businesses affected by the ongoing COVID-19 emergency,” he said. “Given that non-essential businesses have been forced to close, leav-ing thousands unemployed across the Commonwealth, we must swiftly ensure stability for renters and homeowners alike. I look forward to seeing this leg-islation finalized and signed into law”.

The legislation includes the following provisions.

• Establishes a moratori-um on most residential and commercial evictions with-in the Commonwealth for the duration of the State of Emergency and 30 days af-ter the State of Emergency ends.

• Landlords may not charge late fees or send re-ports to credit rating agen-cies if a tenant notifies the landlord within 30 days of a late payment that the non-payment of rent is due to a financial impact related to the COVID-19 emergen-cy.

• Prohibits landlords from sending “notice to

quit” letters for the duration of the State of Emergency and 30 days after the State of Emergency is terminat-ed.

• Establishes a moratori-um on foreclosure actions for the duration of the State of Emergency and 30 days after the State of Emergen-cy ends.

• Allows for video con-ferencing during the State of Emergency for reverse mortgage loans. Current mandates require in-per-son consultations for these loans.

• Emergency evictions may proceed during the moratorium for actions that involve allegations of crim-inal activity or substantial lease violations that may be detrimental to public health or public safety.

“During these difficult times we need to be cogni-zant of our most vulnerable populations and ensure that people will not lose their homes due to the effects of COVID-19,” said Rep-resentative Aaron Michle-witz, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Ways & Means (D-Boston). “This bill offers much needed re-lief on this front.”

On Friday, April 10, the state launched a Span-ish language online, mo-bile-friendly, unemploy-ment benefits application for those who need to apply.

The new, secure appli-cation for Spanish speakers is available through mass.gov/desempleo, the Span-ish language website for unemployment in Massa-chusetts.

The Department of Un-employment Assistance (DUA) will make language applications available in Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Chinese, Vietnamese and additional languages in the coming days.

The Department of Un-employment Assistance is focused on supporting

workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to process claims as quickly as possible. The new Spanish mobile-friend-ly application is among several efforts to reach and assist all individuals who are eligible for unemploy-ment benefits and provide the financial assistance they need. Other efforts include:

•Rapidly updating the DUA website with the lat-est information that claim-ants and employers need to know, what the latest fed-eral legislation means for them, and a step-by-step guide to filing a claim avail-able in multiple languages.

•The unemployment contact form to reach a DUA agent is also available

in multiple languages.•Hosting daily town

halls in both English and Spanish, which have been attended by over 100,000 constituents. Individuals can sign up to attend a vir-tual town hall at mass.gov/unemployment/townhall or atmass.gov/desempleo.

•Deploying over 600 new remote employees to keep pace with the increased vol-ume of unemployment in-surance claims, and adding language capacities in the call center to better serve residents across the state.

•Legislation proposed and signed by Governor Baker waiving the one-week waiting period to collect an unemployment claim payment.

State Administration launches Spanish language Unemployment application

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You don’t have to go to the Post Office to use many postal products and ser-vices. In fact, most simple tasks can be done from the convenience and safety of your home with or without a computer.

Like purchasing stamps. Using your computer, you can go to the Postal Store on usps.com and select different stamp denomina-tions. USPS will deliver them right to your home.

No computer? No prob-lem! Ask your local Post Office or carrier to bring you a Stamps by Mail or-der form, complete it and put it in your mailbox with a check. Again, USPS will bring you your stamps.

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or other package supplies at usps.com. Again, USPS will deliver items to your address. And at usps.com, using Click-N-Ship, you can print a mailing label with the appropriate post-age right from your com-puter.

Need that package picked-up? Go to usps.com and schedule a free carrier pick-up. In your re-

quest, let your local Post Office know where they can find the package or packages and the carrier will retrieve them when he or she delivers your mail.

USPS postal employ-ees are working around the clock to ensure you get your important letters and packages. Skip the trip to the Post Office by ordering stamps, package supplies, and printing package post-age from your home. We’ll pick up your packages too.

It’s the most effective type of social distancing around!

The Postal Service re-ceives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and re-lies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

A Message from USPSHow to mail and ship without leaving 

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The Massachusetts Reg-istry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) continues to thor-oughly review its licensing protocols and credential requirements to identify ad-ditional measures that can be implemented to reduce non-essential travel, re-duce the need for custom-ers to visit RMV Service Centers, and ensure prop-er “social-distancing” can take place under Governor Charlie Baker’s declaration of a State of Emergency the week of March 9.

The following new changes to service delivery and organizational proto-cols are now or are about to be in place as follows:

•Professional credentials for School Bus Certificates, School Pupil Transport Licenses (7D), Inspector Licenses, Driving Instruc-tor Licenses and Driving School Licenses that have expired or are expiring, be-tween March 10 and April 30, will be extended for 90 days after the State of Emergency is lifted. These credentials should all be considered “active” as the RMV implements the sys-tem changes to reflect that status in the near future.

•Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) holders are now able to renew their licenses online if they are self-certified in the Non-Excepted Interstate (NI) category for medical certification.

•All passenger and mo-torcycle road tests (Class D and Class M) have been cancelled through Monday, May 4, 2020.

Reminders About Other Previously

Announced Changes:•Driver’s licenses, ID

cards, and Learner’s Per-mits, including Commercial Driver’s Licenses & Per-mits (CDL/CLP), that have expired or are expiring be-tween March 1, 2020, and April 30, 2020, have had a 60-day extension applied to the current expiration date and do not need to be renewed at this time. Cus-tomers holding a license or ID marked “Limited-Term” that expired between March 1 to April 30 should visit Mass.gov/RMV for more information and to check the validity of their creden-tial. CDL Medical Certifi-cates that expire on or after March 1 until April 30 will

be extended until June 30 to prevent license downgrades and elective medical visits, as well as alleviate demand on medical providers.

•Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the RMV has implemented a strict no walk-in policy at a limited number of Service Centers that remain open to the general public. Service for necessary in-person transactions are available by appointment only. Cus-tomers should visit Mass.Gov/RMV to make a res-ervation at an open Service Center or find information on over 40 transactions that can be conducted online, by phone, or by mail.

•Non-Classroom Driv-ers Education – through a temporary policy, the RMV is allowing driving schools to offer online driver edu-cation training and written testing during this emergen-cy period only. The RMV will continuously monitor the current emergency and will keep you informed about the timeframe in which driving schools can offer alternative training.

•Effective April 1, 2020, all of the passenger plate registrations that have ex-

pired in March or will be expiring in April have been extended for 60 days. Reg-istrations that expired in March have been extended until May 31 and registra-tions that expire in April have been extended until June 30. Registration re-newals can continue to be performed online at Mass.Gov/RMV during this time. Customers seeking to do so in-person will not be able to make an appointment and should delay their visit to a Service Center at this time.

•The annual motor vehi-cle safety and emissions in-spection stickers that expire on March 31 and April 30 have been extended 60 days and all motorcycles with inspection stickers origi-nally set to expire on May 31 must be inspected by June 30. The RMV is also

extending the time during which newly registered vehicles must be inspected based on the purchase date.

•Class D and M Learn-er’s Permits knowledge ex-ams have been suspended through May 4. Commer-cial Learner’s Permit tests are available to be taken at the Milford and Wilming-ton RMV Service Centers during normal business hours and commercial road tests continue to be con-ducted by the Massachu-setts State Police.

•Massachusetts State Police are still conducting road tests for Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs), but require anyone taking these road tests to bring and wear a mask or face cover-ing for the entirety of the test.

•The National Safety

Council (NSC) and the RMV have previously an-nounced the cancellation, through May 4, of the following Massachusetts in-person classroom driv-er safety classes: 8-hour Driver Retraining Program, 4-hour Driver Attitudinal Retraining Program and the 4-hour State Courts Against Road Rage (SCARR) Program. The RMV has temporarily approved an alternative way to deliv-er the statutorily required content in the form of an online course. For a lim-ited time, participation in the online course will fulfill the in-person class require-ment. Additional informa-tion is available at http://drive.nsc.org and impacted customers can expect to re-ceive specific instructions directly from NSC.

RMV announces additional licensure extensions; introduces online CDL option

On Friday, April 10, Gov. Charlie Baker issued fur-ther public health guidance, expanded resources for crit-ical workers and increased Massachusetts National Guard activation to sup-port its ongoing response to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

A new Department of Public Health advisory, consistent with CDC guid-ance, recommends that all residents wear a mask or face covering in public when social distancing is not possible. In addition, the Executive Branch is-sued similar guidance to state employees recom-mending when masks or face coverings should be utilized while working.

The administration has also expanded access to the free priority COVID-19 testing sites for first re-sponders located at Gillette Stadium to include grocery store workers.

Additionally, Governor Charlie Baker authorized the activation of an addi-tional 3,000 more military personnel of the Massachu-setts National Guard.

•Face Coverings and Cloth Masks Advisory: The Administration today issued guidance to residents

and Executive Branch em-ployees recommending the use of a face covering or cloth mask when in situ-ations where maintaining proper social distancing measures are not possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as in a grocery store.

A face covering may include anything that cov-ers your nose and mouth, including a mask, scarf or bandana. Health care masks, such as N95 masks, should not be used and should be preserved for health care workers and first responders. Cloth masks should not be worn by young children under the age of two, persons with difficulty breathing, or those who are unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.

•Grocery Store Worker Priority Testing: The Ad-ministration and the Execu-tive Office of Public Safe-ty and Security expanded access to the free, priority COVID-19 testing sites for first responders to now include grocery store and supermarket workers. Be-ginning Saturday, April 11, the men and women who provide critical access to

food and other necessities could schedule an appoint-ment to receive COVID-19 testing at the sites locat-ed at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. All appointments must be made in advance by the worker’s supervisor or manager, and personnel do not need to be symptom-atic to be eligible.

•Massachusetts Nation-al Guard Activation: Gov. Baker authorized the ac-tivation of an additional 3,000 military personnel of the Massachusetts National Guard to support the Com-monwealth’s COVID-19 response. This order rais-es the total authorization to up to 5,000 members statewide, who may be tasked with supporting re-quests from state agencies for equipment, logistics, warehousing and related duties. Local cities, towns and state agencies should submit requests for support through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

The activation reflects Governor Baker’s statuto-ry authority to activate the Massachusetts National Guard under state active duty to provide necessary assistance to state and mu-nicipal civilian authorities.

Governor Baker expands priority COVID-19 to grocery store workers

Statistics for MassachusettsStatistics for Massachusetts

For the most up to date information scan this with your smartphone at any time to visit the State’s website for all information related to the virus.

COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts as of April 14

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 28,163 +1296 from the 13th

COVID-19 INFECTION BY AGE BRACKET≤19 years of age: 622 20-29 years of age: 3393

30-39 years of age: 4165 40-49 years of age: 4166

50-59 years of age: 5120 60-69 years of age: 3979

70-79 years of age: 2744 ≥ 80 years of age: 3796

Unkown: 178

Total Number of Cases by CountyBarnstable 514Berkshire 360 Bristol 1435Dukes and Nantucket 11Essex 3594Franklin 155Hampden 1798Hampshire 233Middlesex 6254Nantucket 9Norfolk 2969Plymouth 2207Suffolk 5872Worcester 2246

Massachusetts residents subject to COVID-19 quarantine by current status as of April 7

Total of individuals subject to quarantine 13027

Total of individuals who have completed monitoring (no longer in quarantine) 5402

Total of individuals currently undergoing monitoring/under quarantine 7625

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The state government today, April 9, announced details for the initial im-plementation of federal unemployment benefits in the CARES Act, the feder-al based COVID-19 relief package.

This federal program, enacted on March 27, 2020, will be administered by states. Today’s announce-ment reflects the first set of partial guidance that Mas-sachusetts will immediately implement to support un-employed workers. The De-partment of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is mov-ing swiftly to implement the new benefit programs and awaits additional guid-ance from the federal gov-ernment for the remainder of benefits authorized by the CARES Act – including building a completely new platform for self-employed and gig workers that they hope to have ready by April 30.

Understanding the great urgency of Commonwealth residents to access these

benefits, DUA issued new guidance to instruct all res-idents of what actions they can take now.

•Federal Pandemic Un-employment Compensation (FPUC): For Individuals Currently Collecting Ben-efits From Regular Unem-ployment Compensation:

Overview: An additional $600 per week for individu-als collecting benefits from regular unemployment compensation is being im-plemented by DUA. The additional $600 will be add-ed to unemployment bene-fits retroactive to March 29, 2020 and will begin being disbursed to claimants this week.

The FPUC program will provide an additional $600 per week to individuals who are collecting regu-lar Unemployment Com-pensation (UC), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Extend-ed Benefits (EB), Trade Re-adjustment Act (TRA), and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DA). The De-

partment has already begun implementing the FPUC program for regular UC claimants. The $600 will be added to all eligible weeks of benefits retroactive to March 29, 2020 and con-tinuing until July 31, 2020. FPUC monetary disburse-ments will begin immedi-ately in Massachusetts for those who are currently col-lecting benefits on regular UC claims. Those receiving PEUC, PUA, and EB will receive the additional $600 payments retroactive to March 29, 2020 as soon as their claims are processed and determined eligible.

Next Steps For Claim-ants: Eligible claimants who are already receiving UI do not need to do any-thing for the additional $600 to be added to their weekly benefit amount. This benefit will be available for all new claimants filing for regular Unemployment Compensa-tion as well, which can be done at www.mass.gov/un-employment/covid-19

•Pandemic Unem-

ployment Assistance (PUA): For Individuals Not

Covered Under Traditional Unemployment Insurance (Self-Employed, Gig Econ-omy Workers, Others):

Overview: A benefit will be available for individuals not covered under tradition-al unemployment insurance like the self-employed or gig workers or those who do not qualify for lack of wages. DUA is now work-ing with a vendor to build a new platform to disburse those benefits. This plat-form is expected to begin processing claims on or about April 30, 2020.

PUA will provide up to 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to individuals who are not working as a re-sult of COVID-19 and are self-employed, independent contractors, gig economy workers, and others who otherwise would not qual-ify for regular UC or EB under state or federal law or PEUC. These individu-als will not be able to claim benefits directly through the UI Online System in Mas-sachusetts, as of this time. The Department of Unem-ployment Assistance has engaged a vendor to build

a new platform to disburse PUA benefits. The platform is expected to begin accept-ing PUA claims by April 30, 2020. Eligible claim-ants under PUA will be retroactively compensated with this benefit beginning February 2, 2020, or the first week a claimant was unable to work as a result of COVID-19, whichever date is later. The last week this benefit is payable is the week ending December 26, 2020.

Next Steps For Claim-ants: Eligible claim-ants should continue to check for updates at www.mass.gov/unemployment/covid-19 on the new plat-form, which will be ready this month. Once the sys-tem is up and running, eli-gible claimants will receive this benefit backdated to February 2, 2020, or the first week a claimant was unable to work as a result of COVID-19.

•Pandemic Emergency

Unemployment Compensa-tion (PEUC): For Individu-als Who Exhausted Previ-ous UI Benefits:

Overview: A 13-week extension of benefits for individuals who exhausted their previous benefits – is not yet available as DUA continues to await federal implementation guidance.

The PEUC program pro-vides up to 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits to individuals who have exhausted their previ-ous unemployment benefits. The first week a claimant can be compensated on this benefit is the week begin-ning March 29, 2020, and the last payable week is the week ending December 26, 2020. The Department of Unemployment Assistance is awaiting additional fed-eral guidance on how to im-plement and administer this program and the extended weeks of PEUC benefits are not yet available.

Next Steps For Claim-ants: No action at this time. Eligible claimants should continue to check for updates, which will be made available as soon as the state receives informa-tion from the federal gov-ernment.

The extra $600: State offers first guidance on new unemployment claim process under CARES Act

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On April 9, the state provided an update on the Commonwealth’s hospital capacity and efforts to add more beds to the system to meet the expected surge in COVID-19 cases, identi-fying the need for 14,500 treatment beds and expand-ing to that number through the use of field hospitals.

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Gov. Baker provides update on hospital surge capacity