NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HUGE SUCCESS Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Cyan Magenta Yellow REVERE DENTISTRY AND BRACES TOP BILLING www.ChelseaRealEstate.com General and Cosmetic Dentistry for Adults and Children email [email protected] to list your Jeff Bowen Call 781 485 0588 home, condo, or multi-family for sale with us Text/Call 370 Broadway • 781-629-9093 • Offers.RevereDentistryAndBraces.com Your Ad Here 781-201-9488 BOOK YOUR REVERE JOURNAL POST IT Chelsea record Call Your YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERYOUR SINCE HOMETOWN 1881 NEWSPAPER SINCE 1890 Advertising Rep (781)485-0588 VOLUME 19, No. 41 VOLUME 116, No. 70 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018 35 CENTS WEDNESDAY Revere's TND February 14, 2018 INDEPENDENT KEEPING COOL IN THE SQUARE School Funding Meltdown INDEX Newspaper Group receives $50,000 Editorial 4 www.chelsearecord.com Legislature fails to pass education funding fix By Seth Daniel ties who are continuously do- Police News 16 state grant for jobs ing more with less and in these Sports 11 The last second ticked off circumstances we have failed Special to The Journal the business community that the clock on Beacon Hill Tues- them. I was willing to go the Classifieds are critical to fostering eco- 18-19 day night, and when the score extra mile to make that hap- Monday morning the Bak- nomic success and building er-Polito Administration stronger neighborhoods in ev- was settled, education funding pen. To not be able to make a DEATHS awarded $500,000 to nine ery region in Massachusetts.” for Gateway cities like Chel- deal is extremely disappoint- Thomas Boyan, Sr projects through the Urban Revere is rebuilding its sea was the big loser. ing. We can’t keep kicking Chelsea Walk Agenda Grant Program. The economic and employment School Supt. Mary Bourque the can down the road. This Marie Butera Revere arm of The Neigh- base by utilizing large-scale and Chelsea’s State Sen. Sal bill would have seen substan- Richard Buttiglieri Paint Days this borhood Developers (TND) and high value assets includ- DiDomenico voiced extreme tial funding increases to our Theresa Conte was one group given $50,000 ing Suffolk Downs, Wonder- disappointment on Wednes- low-income communities like Friday, Saturday in funding to help establish land, a soon-to-close NECCO day that the Legislature could Chelsea and Everett – indis- Dr. Adrian Costanza plant, and the MassDevelop- workforce development ser- not come to a compromise on putably.” Dorothy Cordaro vices in Revere to support lo- ment TDI Waterfront District. By Seth Daniel cal residents to acquire newly The program seeks to un- fixing education funding – an Supt. Bourque said she was Gerardo Iannuzzi created jobs. lock community-driven re- issue that has dogged Chelsea, very angry when she heard the Prepare for a little color on Patricia Muse Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito along sponses to local obstacles, Everett and Revere in particu- news that there hadn’t been a Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Ann Houston of The Neighborhood Developers,the State Chelsea Rep. Walk.RoseLee Vincent, with Housing and Economic and promote economic devel- lar for the last three years. The compromise. Paul Penta, Jr. Bob O' Brien of Revere Economic Department, Mayor Brian Arrigo andBut Secretary only ofif Housingresidents and turn Development Secretary Jay opment opportunities through compromise committee, made She said that the time for Ecomonic Development Jay Ash at the announcement of the Urbanout Agenda to help Grant paint Program the onnew - Ash came to Revere City Hall partnership-building, problem Antonetta Salamone Monday morning in the Revere City Council Chambers. up of members of the House waiting and watching for the found oasis in the middle of to present the check to the solving, and shared account- and Senate, failed to reach a state to take action is over. the Broadway business dis- Neighborhood Developers. ability in urban centers. The compromise between their “I just think it’s unconscio- Obituaries Pages 8 + 9 competitive awards offer flex- trict. “Our administration under- separate bills, essentially kill- nable that we aren’t putting Real estate values continue to be strongGreenRoots in Revereand Chelsea stands the importance of local ible funding for local efforts leadership and its impact on that bring together commu- ing the plan that would bring student first and foremost in INDEPENDENT days on the market in 2016. artists“2017 Sylvia was aLopez fantastic Chavez year more dollars to Chelsea. the budget,” she said. “We’re NEWSPAPER GROUP By Sue Ellen Woodcock the lives of residents,” said nity stakeholders to pursue The number of listings in willto be host in real two estate,” Paint Dayssaid Joeof Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. economic development ini- “We’re leaving another concerned about the economy the Walk on Friday, 11 a.m. to The Revere real estate mar- 2017 also dropped to 265, Mario of Century 21 Ma- “The Urban Agenda Grant tiatives. These awards will generation of kids behind by and this is the next generation 4 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m. fund projects in Boston, Clin- ket in 2017 was definitely a 10.8 percent down from 297 rio Real Estate. “There’s a Program relies on the strong not addressing the issue now,” that will bolster that economy. good one with higher prices in 2016. The good news for to 4 p.m. partnerships between local said Sen. DiDomenico, who It’s extremely short-sighted of $1.5 MILLION FOR lot of confidence and equity See TND GRANT , Page 3 for homes than in 2016, but sellers is that the original list- “We hope everyone will government, non-profits and had helped to pass a compre- our leaders to do this.” ing price was matched 100 in homes. For 35 years now NORTHERN STRAND a drop in the number of new join GreenRoots and artist By Sue Ellen Woodcock Councillor Robert Haas Jr. hensive funding revamp bill She said that there should it’s been positive. Now is the COMMUNITY TRAIL listings, making home-buying percent of the time. Silvia Lopez Chavez to trans- tried to get barriers installed in the Senate earlier this year. have been a compromise, as time to sell. Revere is getting The Executive Office of an adventure. The condominium mar- form the Chelsea Walk into For years the abutters of in 2011 and received no re- “The districts that lost the there were so many people “These are the highest pric- ket saw similar trends with Energy and Environmental anthe areaoverflow we will from all thebe proudBoston Route 1 have put up with the sponse. most are the ones that need the willing to work out a solution, es we’ve seen in the last eight the median sales price at noise from millions of cars, “We should get more re- Affairs has approved a $1.5 of,”market said and GreenRoots people are Director moving most help. It was our responsi- million grant regarding the years,” said Maureen Celata, $315,000, up 16.7 percent to Revere. and now some city councillors spect from the state and fed- owner/broker of MCelata Real over 2016. Days on the mar- Roseann Bongiovanni. bility to step up for communi- See FUNDING Page 3 development of the Northern Mario said Revere is desir- want to have Mayor Brian Ar- eral government,” Patch said.. ket also dropped from 67 in Phase II of the Walk trans- Strand Community Trail led Estate. “And 2018 is going to rigo contact the MassDOT to Keefe noted that more af- 2016 to 47 days on the market formationable because will of begin its proximity later this by a Revere on the Move part- be another banner year. Inven- install barriers along Route 1 fluent communities are often tory is low now, but everyone “Inventory is low now and summerto Boston, with and furnitureit’s a hidden and Chelsea partnering with OpenGov ner organization, Bike to the between Route 16 and Cope- granted sound barriers. is looking to the spring.” everyone is looking toward lightinggem with installations, a beautiful beach. to be Ward 2 Councillor Ira No- Sea. land Circle. According to figures from the spring,” Celata said voselsky pointed out that Sau- Revere has a one-mile followedMario byis Phaselooking III consistforward- Ward 5 Councillor Charles to further increase accountability the Massachusetts Associa- The rental market is also Patch, Ward 4 Councillor gus got barriers along Route stretch in North Revere. The ingto the of springart installations market, drawing on the tion of Realtors, the median strong with rents ranging from Patrick Keefe and Ward 1 1 installed along a new ball Northern Strand Community ceilingfrom Boston of the andChelsea surrounding Walk. Record Staff Report izen engagement. OpenGov’s sales prices was $376,250, $1,200 to $3,000. Cleat noted Councillor Joanne McKen- field. Trail has been in development communities. He added that open data portal aggregates, a 4.9 increase over prices in that if someone is paying big na teamed up on a motion at “It’s a quality-of-life is- See DeLEO Page 3 for over 20 years. The North Chelsea announced this organizes, and visualizes var- 2016. rent they just might be capable the Revere School system is last last week’s council meet- sue,” he said. Revere segment is a major Chelsea Schools Homes also were also on of buying and taking advan- also a draw for buyers. ing. Patch said he and the late Barriers are easily seen week that it’s partnering with ious data sets (like budgets, part in the project that creates the market 41 days, a 26.8 tage of first-time homebuyers “It all adds to the future OpenGov - a leader in gov- permits, and citizen requests).