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Council budget talks begin By Sara Brown he budding of trees and warm spring breezes signify that time of the year when budget season hits the City Council Chamber. The Revere City Council held their first Ways and Means Subcommittee meeting on June 12 to discuss the FY19 budget. The proposed budget this year is a little more than $206 million, which is an increase of last year’s budget of $180 million. Councillor-at-Large and Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairman Dan Rizzo’s biggest complaint about the budget was that he received it the morning of the Ways and Means Subcommittee
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meeting. By law, Mayor Brian Arrigo must provide a copy of the budget to the City Council by June 20, but in recent years it has been the custom to provide a copy of the budget to the council on June 1. “I would have liked more time with it before the meeting,� he said. Ward 6 Councillor Charles Patch wondered why there were no names listed with salaries in the budget. “This is the most transparent budget you have ever seen,� said City Auditor Richard Viscay. “This isn’t a political process. If salaries need to be cut, they can be cut based upon position. Putting names in there becomes
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Nellie Martinez proudly receives her diploma from School Committee member Susan Gravellese during Revere high School 2018 Graduation Exercises, held at Harry Della Russo Stadium last Thursday, June 7. See more photo highlights on pages 9-11. (Advocate photos by Al Terminiello)
By Sara Brown he Revere High School Class of 2018, representing over 14 countries, graduated the largest number of students in
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over a decade. At the Harry Della Russo Stadium, 480 students gathered on Thursday evening in their caps and gowns to reflect on their last four years and to look ahead to what the fu-
ture brings. “I am optimistic about your generation, and I believe you will fill the breach of leadership
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The family of Chief Daniel Doherty receives a memorial plaque as a part of the 70th Annual Revere Firefighters Memorial Services, held on June 10 at Alden Mills Point of Pines Fire Station. See more photos in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocate. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello)