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Revere League for Special Needs SEPAC Annual Walk for enjoys special day at the carnival Autism great success
Revere League for Special Needs was generously treated to a day at the Fiesta Show carnival at the Showcase Cinema Parking lot. Shown at the event are Fiesta Shows’ EJ Dean, President of the McCarthy/Trifone Rec Committee Jane DeAngelo and President of the Revere League Michelle DeMauro. See more photo highlights on page 7. (Advocate photos by Al Terminiello)
Address reassignments draw City Council’s ire Two department databases not in sync
By Sara Brown
es following the introduction of a motion by Ward 2 Counhe City Council erupted cillor Ira Novoselsky on Monover the controversial reas- day night. signment of property addressAt the April 23 City Coun-
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cil meeting, Election Commissioner Diane Colella and City Engineer Nicholas Rystrom appeared before the council to answer questions over the reassignment of property addresses. According to various councillors, some residents were told they could not vote in the past election because their address didn’t exist. Colella said this has been a major problem in the city, stating that either a property has two addresses on file or one database in the city says one property is one address while another database refers to the same prop-
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All smiles and first across the finish line is Saige Silvestri, shown getting a hi-five from Blades at the Annual Walk for Autism , hosted by the Revere Public Schools’ Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) recently at Harry Della Russo Stadium. See more photo highlights on pages 12 & 13. (Advocate photos by Al Terminiello)
Councillors reject new high school plan By Sara Brown
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he City Council rejected Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo’s plan for a new high school. At the April 23 Ways and Means Subcommittee meeting, the council discussed Rotondo’s motion of looking into the feasibility of building a new high school at the Cooledge Street Projects while building apartment-style housing for current and new res-
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idents. According to the Executive Director of the Revere Housing Authority, James Milinazzo, the site is about 28 acres and has 286 units. He said he is against the idea and that if the council approved the plan, they would need to make sure the 286 families have alternative places to live. “We want to be a good neighbor but our first priority is to maintain the housing we have,” he said. He estimated to acquire the land it would cost the city approximately $115 million. Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso believed Rotondo’s motion had good intentions but was not well thought out. “It’s not a doable project,” he said. “It wouldn’t be productive to the city.” Councillor-at-Large Steve Morabito agreed. “I don’t
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