THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, February 23, 2018

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Massive fire guts Sozio’s Owner says he will rebuild landmark store

Firefighters battle the devastating five-alarm fire that demolished the landmark Sozio’s Home Furnishings & Appliances on Squire Road Saturday night. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. (Boston Herald photo courtesy of Mark Garfinkel)

By Sara Brown

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he Revere landmark Sozio’s Home Furnishings & Appli-

ances on Squire Road was destroyed on Saturday night after a five alarm fire demolished the building.

The Revere fire department was called to the scene at 61 Squire Rd. a little after 4:00 p.m. with fire ravaging

through the store. According to fire officials, the cause of the fire is still being determined. When fire fighters arrived at

State rep, city officials gather against Wheelabrator By Sara Brown

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ocal officials, environmental advocacy groups and Revere residents joined together in the shadow of the Wheelabrator Technologies ash landfill last Thursday to speak out against the company’s proposal to expand its un-

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lined landfill located on Route 107. Wheelabrator wants to uncap 39 acres in two drainage valleys and fill them with 560,000 tons of incinerator ash for the next five to 10 years. The public comment period ended on January 12, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

(MassDEP) is currently mulling the proposal, with a decision expected by the end of February. The landfill, which is located in Saugus, is the only landfill in the Commonwealth that is unlined. It was supposed to stop accepting ash in 1996 but still remains open today through a

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Former police chief tops city’s 2017 payroll By The Advocate

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ormer Revere Police Chief Terence Reardon once again leads the city’s payroll, earning $214,541.81 with an extra $67,592 in detail pay for a total of $282,133.81. Reardon is currently an executive officer in the department. Last week The Revere Advocate received the city treasurer’s office’s annual payroll for all City of Revere employees’ salaries for Fiscal Year 2017. In today’s edition, we are publishing the top 100 city employees’ salaries. See page 8.


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