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Revere Walk-a-Thon raises $15k Ash argument heats up gives Wheelabrator green light on in memory of Martin Richard State ash landfill expansion, but foes already threaten lawsuits to block the project By Mark E. Vogler
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Organizers Chad Volbert and former Class of 2006 RHS track runner Ariana Coniglio are shown at the Revere Walk-a-Thon, held on Saturday, April 7, at Della Russo Stadium. The two organized 26 lap (6.5 miles) walk is to raise $15,000 for the Martin Richard Foundation. The event is held in memory of Richard, one of the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. See more photo highlights on page 10. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello)
xpansion of the ash landfill at the site of Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.’s trash-to-energy incinerator on Route 107 in Saugus could continue well into the next decade, according to a final decision issued this week by the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). Approval of the permit request by Wheelabrator for a major modification of its Ash Monofill “will provide an additional estimated 400,000 cubic yards of disposal capacity,” MassDEP noted in an 11-page document which detailed its decision. The final decision allows Wheelabrator to place additional ash fill in two valleys within the limits of the landfill, while also setting specific conditions. MassDEP also issued an eleventh amendment to the Administrative Consent Order the agency reached with Wheelabrator back in 1989. This latest one requires Wheelabrator to fund up to $2.5 million for engineering services to develop a remediation plan for the former Dewey Daggett Land-
fill site located near the company’s property, or other work related to the preservation, restoration or conservation of the Rumney Marshes Area of Environmental Concern. “We believe the MassDEP’s approval of the continued use of the monofill represents the best environmental and economic solution for the town, the region and the state,” said Jim Connolly, Wheelabrator’s Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety. “The MassDEP’s review of the application was rigorous and transparent, and included extensive public comment. We remain open to a dialogue with the town about a long-term plan for Wheelabrator Saugus that will enhance our economic and environmental value to the community,” Connolly said in a brief statement released by the company. Saugus Board of Health schedules executive session The decision had been anticipated for months, especially after MassDEP issued a provi-
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Facing Re-Trial, Revere Man Admits to Off-Duty Officer’s ’07 Slaying
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ore than a decade after he shot and killed off-duty Revere Police Officer Daniel Talbot, a Revere man admitted his guilt rather than face the new trial he was granted when appellate courts reversed his murder conviction, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Con-
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ley said. Robert Iacoviello, Jr., 30, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter today and accepted a 14-year prison term rather than proceed to trial on April 30 for second-degree murder – the charge for which a Suffolk Superior Court jury
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Officer Daniel Talbot convicted him in 2010, and which the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed in 2016 after finding flaws in the trial judge’s jury instructions. Second-degree murder carries a life sentence with parole eligibility after 15 years. Prior to sentencing Iacoviello, Judge Jeffrey Locke heard from Talbot’s former fiancée,
FACING RE-TRIAL | SEE PAGE 6