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Major blizzard strikes with heavy snow, high winds and flooding By Sara Brown
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REVERE PRIDE: 120 cadets of Revere High School’s JROTC executed their Service Learning Project called “Operation Snow Angel” recently as they were dispatched to help dig out 60 residents following the recent blizzard. Our Lady of Assumption 7th grade students Danielle Atkinson, Adri Bowker and Sofia Caruso of the OLA Eagles also participated, shoveling for 60 elderly and disabled residents. There are no snow days for the Patriot Battalion! Congratulations to the JROTC for their amazing community effort for the residents of Revere. (Photos by Deborah Bowker)
he Bomb Cyclone or Blizzard of 2018 struck the city last week leaving over a foot and a half of snow on the Beach City. The storm hit early Thursday morning and effectively shut the city down. Both City Hall and all of Revere Public Schools were shut down as city crews fought the elements, including high winds topping 50 miles per hour throughout the day. Residents, especially those along the coast, fought high tides and flooding reminiscent of the Blizzard of ’78. Residents along the Riverside area watched the tides rise into their basements and cut power to the area. Victor Molle, owner of The Marina @ The Wharf Restaurant and North Shore Marine on North Shore Rd. lost a pier valued in the thousands. Many streets near Revere Beach dealt with serious flooding. North Shore Road and Bennington Road were impassable at some points in the day. The lower portion of Pearl Avenue
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A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: The Bomb Cyclone and a Full Wolf Moon combined for rising tides along the city’s coastlines, causing widespread flooding on many of the city’s streets and residential neighborhoods, including the Pines River last Thursday as it flowed into the parking lot of the Marina @ The Wharf Restaurant on North Shore Road. (Courtesy photo)
How many motions can one councillor make? By Sara Brown
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he Revere City Council carried over a longstanding topic of the number of motions appropriate for one councillor to present at a city council meeting. At the January 8 city council meeting, while adopting the Rules of Order, Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso stated that each councillor is allowed
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to present five motions during one meeting. “I think that is fair to every one of us,” he said. “There are Rules of Order that people have to adhere to.” The ordinance also states that a councillor can only speak on three of his or her five motions. Guinasso said if a councillor really needs more than five motions then the councillor can find another councillor to cosponsor the motion.
Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo wondered what happens when the city council goes on vacation. He said it would be reasonable for a councillor to want to submit more than five motions upon return. “The city does not sleep when we are on vacation,” he said. Rotondo said the ordinance
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has only been on the books for the last four years. But Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky said that isn’t true. “I remember it being five motions only for at least 15 years,” he said. “Remember, there is 11 of us so if each of us has five motions in that night that is 55
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