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proud of. “I said serving my country in combat but now I have a different answer,” he said. Now, what he is most proud of is serving Revere veterans in his new role for the city. “It is a true honor,” he said. Mayor Brian Arrigo said he is proud of the work Silvestri has done so far for the city. “Mark embodies the city’s commitment to serving returning vet-
ver the past decade, the Beach City of Revere has held its collective breath awaiting a renaissance of some sorts for two major parcels: the beach and Suffolk Downs. This past week, the latter was sold for $155 million to a Boston developer who has promised to deliver the equivalent of a mixed-use project mirroring an Assembly Row and a Boston Landing but at a grander scale. On Tuesday, the Advocate Newspapers sat down with The HYM Investment Group, LLC Founding Partner and Managing Director Thomas O’Brien at his Congress Street, Boston, office to get his firsthand vision for the former horse racing track that includes housing, retail shops, restaurants and office space. O’Brien is a former director for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and has been involved with other mixed-use projects, such as Boston Landing in Brighton and NorthPoint in East Cambridge. “Our intention is to move very quickly now to get a plan in place, and that Beachmont side of the site is a terrific place for development,” said O’Brien. “We want to move quickly and work with the mayor’s teams, and the city council.” O’Brien laid out the schedule going forward, which is to sort out what the project will look like, and make a formal filing
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he City of Revere honored their fallen veterans during a Memorial Day ceremony on the front lawn of the American Legion on Monday. “Today is for the men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice for home and country,” said Revere’s Director of Veterans Services, Marc Silvestri. “It’s about the families that gave up their soldiers.” Silvestri served in Afghanistan and was awarded a Bronze Star for heroism in combat battling the Taliban. When he came back in 2009, someone asked him what he was most
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BROTHERS-IN-ARMS: American Legion Post 61 Commander Bill Chisolm welcomed a guest from Guatemala, Francis L. Garcia to the city’s annual Memorial Day exercises at the American Legion lawn on Monday. See pages 10-11 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello, Jr.)
Thomas O’Brien, founding partner and managing director of HYM Investment Group, LLC sat down with the Revere Advocate at his Congress St., Boston office to discuss the group’s purchase of Suffolk Downs and his plans to develop the 161acre former horse racing track into a mixed-use residential, retail and commercial “neighborhood”. Construction is expected to begin in 2018. (Advocate photo by JD Mitchell)
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REVERE FIREFIGHTERS’MEMORIAL
Sunday, June 11, 2017 8:15 A.M.
Relatives and friends of the Revere Fire Department, especially our retirees, are cordially invited to attend our Annual Firefighters Memorial Day Exercises at the Alden A. Mills, Point of Pines Fire Station. Please join us as we honor our departed members at this, our most solemn and traditional service. Christopher P. Bright Chief of Department