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Water & Sewer Dept. employee charged with felony larceny Special to The Advocate
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s part of Mayor Arrigo’s ongoing effor ts to re view the operation of all city departments that handle people’s money, a former employee of the Water & Sewer Depar tment has been charged for allegedly pocketing cash for outdoor water meters. There is a long-standing program in Revere that allows residents to purchase a separate meter designed to measure the water used outdoors to receive a credit against the sewer rates for water usage typically not directed through the City’s sewer system.The newly appointed Superintendent of the Water & Sewer Department discovered that some of these outdoor water me-
ters had been distributed without any record of distribution or payment. The Mayor’s Office initiated an internal review into the unaccounted for water meters. Shor tly after mounting the internal review, resident accounts showed that the former employee had taken cash payments on more than one occasion for the unaccounted for me ters. When it became clear that the employee was engaged in more than shoddy bookkeeping, the matter was referred to the Revere Police D epar tment. The former employee, Michael Amentola of Revere, was placed under ar rest without incident on Thursday, September 20th and
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Mass clam fatality stinks up Revere Beach By Tara Vocino
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undreds of thousands of baby Atlantic Surf Clams have washed up on Revere Beach this summer, creating the strange odor that smells
like — well, rotting clams, that once lived in the surf. “Today, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation took measures to clean the shores of Revere Beach State Reser-
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vation in an environmentally-friendly manner by burying juvenile surf clams that washed up along the beach area,” Department of Recreation and Conservation spokesperson Troy Wall said. “The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is investigating the cause of the clams washing ashore.” The state parks and environmental agencies are trying to determine the cause of this mass die -off. Late Wednesday afternoon, as waves crashed nearby, bulldozers dug a large trench between the pavilion across from the Markey Memorial Bridge and State Police barracks to dump the clams.
“The smell began in late and the Department of ConJuly, and it gets worse when servation and Recreation, the tide is low, or when the who declined to comment temperature is high,” said Bruce Berman, a Save the HarODOR | SEE PAGE 8 bor/Save the Bay spokesperson, an environmental advoOur 80th Year cacy group. “With the wild and wild weather we’ve been having, some clams are getting washed ashore and dying.” Next Classes Berman said Wednesday night that climate change and global warming is likely to blame, but the Department of Marine Fisheries and Wildlife will test the clams to Two Weeks confirm. Night Classes He thanked State R ep. Oct. 15 & Nov.12 Roselee Vincent (D-Revere), One Week who lives along the beach,
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