Your Ad here! Picture it! First Come Page 1! Above the fold First Served TOP BILLING BOOK NOW! MONTHLY RATES! REVERE JOURNAL YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1881 VOLUME 20, No. 12 WEDNESDAY Revere police are August 7, 2019 investigating Aug. 2 INDEX Editorial 4 shooting incident Police 9 a resident from out of state. Sports 13 Journal Staff Report The individual was transport- Classifieds 22 The Revere Police Depart- ed to Mass. General Hospital Real Estate 22 ment is continuing its investi- where he was in critical con- gation in to an Aug. 2 incident dition Friday. There has been on North Shore Road (Route no further update on his con- DEATHS 1A southbound) in which a dition. Loretta Andreottola 34-year-old man was shot Donna-Lee Aufiero while driving in Friday’s rush Officials issue Aramis Raul Ayala Genta hour traffic. “We’re still investigating statement regarding Shephard Brandt whether it was a road rage Josephine Ferullo incident or some other sort of shootings, criminal Mary Mackin an incident,” said Chief James activity in City Patricia Elizabeth Malone Guido. “It’s going to take some time to gather all of the Obituaries Page 10 information. The detectives Special to the Journal are working on it.” Guido said the vehicle Mayor Brian M. Arri- INDEPENDENT (which was allegedly hit by at go, City Council President NEWSPAPER GROUP Sophomore students in Nancy Barille’s Pre-Advanced Placement class. least two shots) had an out-of- Arthur F. Guinasso, Public state license plate. The gunfire Safety Subcommittee Chair came from another vehicle Councilor Ira Novoselsky, that had apparently pulled up and Police Chief James Gui- adjacent to the first vehicle. do have issued the following Sophomore Students Soar The number of individuals joint statement to address ru- 50 CENTS in the second vehicle has not mors and misstatements that Nancy Barile inspires Revere High Students to excel on exams been released. have spread through the city, primarily on social media, re- initially enrolled in Pre-Ad- rare talent and passion, in “They were traveling BRIEFS By Taylor Giuffre-Catalano garding police activity in re- NEWS vanced Placement English Barile’s eyes, to which she through the city,” said Guido. cent days. Language Arts, and were fol- remarked, “I never saw any- “I want to express as best I Revere High School teach- A sequence of unrelated ARRIGO LAUNCHES lowing a curriculum designed thing like it.” can that the city is safe. Over er Nancy Barile and a class of events in Revere this past MOBILE CITY HALL motivated sophomores defied for students on track to take The class of sophomores the weekend, these were iso- lated incidents and the city weekend, coupled with an Mayor Brian Arrigo an- all expectations. Advanced Placement cours- went on to take the Advanced does not have a crime prob- onslaught of inaccurate infor- nounced the official launch Barile who has taught rig- es later in their high school Placement Literature and lem. The officers are proac- mation about them primarily of Mobile City Hall, the City orous courses in the field of years. Yet, Barile, almost im- Composition exam, a test de- tive at all times. We have been on social media, spawned of Revere’s latest initiative English Language Arts for mediately” noticed that her signed for high school seniors, very successful in holding the unfounded fear in our com- to make interacting with city 24 years, described the group sophomore students had an and passed at a rate nearly crime rate down. The inci- munity. We issue this joint government more accessible of sophmores as “highly-en- “outstanding work ethic,” and matching the national average dents that we’ve had, we’ve statement to dispel rumors, and convenient for residents. gaged, bright, [and] hard- “absolutely loved literature.” See STUDENTS Page 2 solved them. The detectives to apprise the public of the Mobile City Hall, a retrofit- working.” The students were These students possessed a have done an outstanding actual circumstances that ted passenger van, will be in job.” transpired, and to assure the a different neighborhood each According to the State Po- residents of Revere of our week on Tuesdays and Thurs- Bocce on the Beach hits the sand Aug. 10 lice, the 34-year-old man was unwavering commitment to days from noon-2 p.m. and public safety. will make house calls. With “This is the 11th year of gins at 8:15 a.m. at the clock 1. The Incidents the support of Revere 311 By Sue Ellen Woodcock Rollins promises Bocce on the Beach,” said directly across from the Mar- Four incidents, at least staff, residents can pay city Bob Upton, chairman of the key Bridge. The competition three of them involving a bills, apply for licenses and One of Revere’s favorite ‘impartial’ review bocce committee. begins at 9 a.m. firearm, resulted in police re- receive any service offered on sports event returns to the The event is run by the Twenty-eight teams of four of EPD shooting sponse. Two incidents attract- Revere.org without having to Revere Beach this Satur- day morning – Bocce on the Rumney Marsh Burial Ground ed news media attention, as visit City Hall. Beach. Committee. Registration be- See BOCCE Page 5 in Revere well as unfiltered chatter on “With the launch of our new social media. By Seth Daniel and improved Revere.org, and • Thursday night, Re- today with Mobile City Hall, The Everett Police Depart- vere police reacted to a ra- we’re continuing to modern- REVERE PARKS & REC PETTING ZOO ment, along with State Police dio broadcast from Malden ize and professionalize the and Suffolk County DA Ra- Police relating to a shooting way our residents can interact chael Rollins, will conduct incident that took place in with their city government,” a “thorough and impartial” Malden. Based on the de- Mayor Arrigo said. “Revere review of the case involving tails contained in the police residents deserve the very a Lynn man whom Everett radio broadcast, Revere Po- best in city services and we’re Police pursued into Revere lice found and identified the proud to now bring them di- – eventually shooting and suspect vehicle and several rectly to their neighborhoods killing the man amidst cir- arrests were made. No gunfire and doorsteps.” cumstances that have not yet or criminal activity occurred Mobile City Hall made its been officially released to the in Revere. official debut at last week’s public. • Early Friday morning, International Sand Sculpting “This remains a highly ac- Revere police investigated a Festival and Revere’s Nation- tive investigation, and this Of- possible gunshot injury to the fice is therefore limited in the foot of a man on Mountain See NEWS BRIEFS Page 2 level of detail that can be re- Avenue. The police investi- leased at this time,” said Rol- gation is ongoing and thus far lins in a statement Sunday. “I has produced no conclusions ask for peace in our commu- about matter. nity and the public’s patience • Friday at approximately as we continue to investigate 5:15 p.m., a 34-year old man Price subject the facts and circumstances from outside of Massachu- to change setts was shot while driving in without of this…fatal police-involved notice shooting.” afternoon rush hour traffic on State Police identified the Route 1A southbound (North .44 victim as Oscar D. Ventu- Shore Road) near Shawmut $ Per Avery DeMarco enjoying a pony ride last Tuesday ra-Gonzalez, 32, of Lynn. The Street. State police and news Gallon media helicopters hovered • 1002 Gal. Minimum • 24 Hour Service evening at the Susan B Anthony school during a petting zoo hosted by Revere Parks and Recre- driver, who was a resident of CALL FOR DAILY LOW PRICE ation Department. 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