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Lt. Governor’s visit announces state grants for development,
food security and workforce development
By Adam Swift
R
evere is the fastest growing
city in the state, and
on Tuesday Lt. Governor Karyn
Polito was in the city to help announce
three grants through
the state’s One Stop for Growth
program that will help the city
continue to grow.
The event was held at the
Food Hub at 200 Winthrop
Ave., which received $130,000
through an underutilized properties
program. Revere also received
a $750,000 MassWorks
pre-development grant for the
Rte. 1A southbound ramp and
roundabout that will help spur
the private-public development
near Gibson Park, and a
$100,000 urban agenda grant to
The Neighborhood Developers
(TND) and Revere Works for reemployment
programming for
residents.
The One Stop for Growth Program
is a state program that allows
for consideration of more
than one grant program simultaneously,
saving time on research
and applications to different
agencies and programs.
“When the One Stop for
Growth project was launched,
I remember [Housing and Economic
Development] Secretary
[Mike] Kennealy giving a briefing
to us over Zoom … and I
was certainly excited about the
streamline process that was outlined,”
said Mayor Brian Arrigo.
“Our city’s department of planning
and community development,
led by Tech Lang, has
jumped all over the opportunity
for state funding. So here we
are today – because of the leadership
of Governor Baker and
because of the leadership of Lt.
Governor Polito and Secretary
Kennealy and countless others,
the City of Revere and many of
our community-based organiGRANTS
| SEE Page 19
REVERE UNITES for ANTHONY
Councillor
Gerry Visconti
Mayor
Brian Arrigo
State Rep.
Jessica Giannino
Councillor-elect
Dan Rizzo
Mayor Brian Arrigo shows Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and state Housing
and Community Development Undersecretary Ashley Stolba
plans for the riverfront development.
Democratic
primary for State
Senate on Tuesday
By Adam Swift
P
olls are open from 7 a.m. to
8 p.m. in Revere on Tuesday,
Dec. 14 for a special State Senate
Democratic primary in the 1st
Suff olk and Middlesex District.
Current Revere School Committee
member Anthony D’Ambrosio
is facing Boston City
Councilor Lydia Edwards in the
race. The general election to replace
state Senator Joe Boncore
is scheduled for Jan. 11.
Boncore resigned his offi ce in
September to become CEO of
the Massachusetts Biotechnology
Council.
The 1st Suff olk and Middlesex
District includes all of Revere and
Winthrop, as well as parts of Boston
and Cambridge.
D’Ambrosio has received
widespread support in his run
throughout Revere, with endorsements
from Mayor Brian
Arrigo, the School Committee,
and a host of current and former
city councillors.
“As the Mayor of Revere and
someone that has worked in the
State Senate, I know the transformational
impact our legislators
can have on a community,”
Arrigo stated in his endorsement.
“Anthony D’Ambrosio has
a unique blend of experience
and ideas that will benefi t each
and every resident of this district.
I am proud to call him a
friend and colleague and I will do
everything I possibly can to help
him be victorious in this special
Democratic Primary.”
D’Ambrosio has degrees from
Yale and the University of Cambridge
in England. In addition
to serving on the School Committee,
he was the Dwight Hall
Coordinator and Community
PRIMARY | SEE Page 16
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Joanne McKenna
Councillor
Stephen Morabito
Ward 2 Councillor
ard 2 Councillor
Ira Novoselsky
Councillor
George Rotondo
Ward 3 Councillor-elect
ard 3 Councillor-elect
Anthony Cogliandro
Ward 5 Councillor-elect
Councillor-ele
Al Fiore
Ward 3 Councillor
ard 3 Councillor
Arthur Guinasso
Ward 4 Councillor
ard 4 Councillor
Patrick Keefe
Councillor-elect
Councillor-elect
Marc Silvestri
Ward 5 Councillor
ard 5 Councillor
John Powers
Ward 6 Councillor
ard 6 Councillor
Rick Serino
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
Residents honored for fighting against Revere Beach meters
By Adam Swift
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t takes more than elected officials
to get things done,
and on Monday night the City
Council recognized a number
of residents who fought for the
successful removal of parking
meters installed along Revere
Beach over the summer by the
Department of Conservation &
Recreation (DCR). Councillor-atLarge
George Rotondo presented
the motion to award Certifi -
cates of Appreciation to Pat Melchionno,
Cynthia Kiejna, Roxanne
Aiello, Rick Sarno, Peter
Martino, Wayne Rose and the
residents of Jack Satter House
as a whole for their advocacy
against the parking meters on
Revere Beach.
best,” said Rotondo. “We all
know what happened down
at Revere Beach, and we all
know what happened regarding
the meters and the people
[who were recognized] were
the process; they fought and
energized everybody who is
on this council, who is in this
city to stop the meters from
being put on Revere Beach,
America’s first public beach.
We worked collectively, as a
community, as a council to
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Dept. of Public Health awards
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and local COVID-19 response
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“Anthony is an exceptionally thoughtful leader who has the rare
capability of envisioning a better future and the work ethic to bring it
about. With an unending commitment to service and a depth of innate
skills, there is no limit to the positive impact Anthony will continue to
make on this world.” — Dr. Peter Salovey - President, Yale University
A Community Health Educator
Anthony has worked directly with children and school administrators
on developing new strategies to overcome the many psychological and
physical challenges that children face today. He also has taught public
school classes on disability and mental health issues related to social
media and academic performance.
A Non-Profit Leader
Anthony has served as the leader of Dwight Hall, a 3,500-person nonprofit
organization. Their mission is “To nurture and inspire students
as leaders of social change and to advance justice and service”. The
programs they worked on strive to form a more just society that meets
the needs of the community in a fair and dignified way.
A Member of the Revere School Committee
As an elected member of the Revere School Committee, Anthony led the
creation of a district wide Equity Advisory Board that brought together
parents, teachers,students, and other community stakeholders to
develop creative solutions to address educational inequities. He also
advocated for the implementation of a district wide mental health audit
with enhanced services for students.
“I have known Anthony for many years. He previously worked for me as a policy aide. Anthony’s understanding
of complex social issues dealing with poverty, health disparities and education was always impressive. I relied
often upon his wise and nuanced perspective in reaching decisions. TheCommonwealth will be well served with
him in a leadership capacity.” — Tom Ambrosino, Chelsea City Manager and Former Mayor of Revere
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an investment of $12.6 million
for the community-based COVID-19
response. This includes
$8.6 million in grants for school
districts across the Commonwealth
to expand the school
health workforce and enhance
schools’ ability to respond to COVID-19
and an additional $4 million
for local Boards of Health for
COVID-19 contact tracing and
case investigations.
School health workforce
funding
Over two years, 43 school districts
across the Commonwealth
will receive $8.6 million in funding
through the Crisis Response
COVID-19 Supplemental Funding
for Workforce Development
from the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
These funds will be used to hire
additional school nurses, expand
the roles of school nurse
leaders responsible for health
and safety activities across entire
school districts and add additional
staff to assist with case
management, contact tracing,
COVID-19 testing and student
mental health needs within
school communities.
Local public health funding
Building on a previous $16.6
million investment, the Administration
has awarded an additional
$4 million to local Boards
of Health for COVID-19 contact
tracing and case investigations,
bringing the total amount of direct
federal and state aid provided
to local public health for
contact tracing since April 2021
to $20.6 million. These funds
are part of the state’s eff orts to
build and strengthen local public
health by providing additional
funding, training and technical
support to respond to COVID-19.
“All
of these funds will assist
and support two groups that
have been on the frontlines of
the COVID-19 response – our
school health workforce and our
local health departments,” said
Acting Public Health Commissioner
Margret Cooke. “We are
grateful for all of their eff orts to
address the critical health and
safety needs of Massachusetts
residents throughout these
challenging months, and the
Administration is committed to
being an active partner as we
transition into the next phase
of the pandemic.”
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ed, but it just goes to show you
that if you keep fi ghting for
what is right, sometimes you
get your way,” said Zambuto.
The Certifi cates of Appreciation
stated that the parking
meters would have disproportionately
aff ected the residents
of Jack Satter House, the
working class residents of the
city, immigrants and underserved
populations.
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Senate Candidate Lydia Edwards seeks to end Local Police
Collaboration with Federal Joint Terrorism Task Force
By James Mitchell
I
n a wide-sweeping public
safety question and answer
dialogue with the ACLU while
running for re-election for Boston
City Councillor in 2019, current
Senate candidate Lydia Edwards
has stated her position
against local police cooperation
and involvement with the Federal
Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Edwards is a candidate for state
senate in the Revere, Winthrop,
Cambridge, and Boston district.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force
is primarily responsible for investigating
potential terrorist
related threats and activities
like 9/11. Members of the Task
Force, our country’s front line of
defense against both domestic
and international terrorism,
also seek coordination with local
police departments to prevent
violence and death. When
asked if she “supports eff orts to
end BPD collaboration with the
Joint Terrorism Task Force, as the
City of San Francisco has done,”
Edwards answered, “Yes.”
Revere Police Chief David Callahan
disagrees with Edwards
Fire officials offer sage advice during
holiday season
By Christopher Roberson
F
ire offi cials are once again
reminding residents to be
mindful of fire safety during
the holidays, particularly with
Christmas trees.
“Place your tree carefully so
it doesn’t block any exits you
might need in an emergency,”
said State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey.
“Although there are not
a lot of Christmas tree fi res, they
are very serious when they do
happen. The best way to prevent
a Christmas tree fi re is to
water it well every day.”
It is almost impossible to stop
a tree fi re as it only takes eight
seconds for the fl ames to reach
the ceiling. Less than 20 seconds
later, a flashover would
occur, igniting everything else
in the room.
According to John Machnicki,
a fi re safety professional at Travelers
Insurance, the heat from a
burning Christmas tree can be
the equivalent of “40,000 100watt
light bulbs.” “Christmas
trees are powerful fuel sources,
especially when dry,” he said.
“The tree becomes a fuel that
burns very rapidly and gives off
a lot of heat energy.”
In addition, Ostroskey said
that when buying a tree, needles
should not fall off when
pulling your hand along the
branches. If that happens, the
tree is too dry.
Placement is also a key factor.
Ostroskey said the tree should
not block doors or windows that
would be used to escape a fi re.
“Santa may be able to escape
up the chimney, but you’ll need
two clear pathways out of each
room,” said Ostroskey.
The tree should also be three
feet away from heating vents,
fi replaces or other heat sources.
According to the U.S. Fire
Administration, 25 percent of
Christmas tree fi res are caused
by putting a tree too close to
a heat source. A Christmas tree
will “act like a blowtorch in your
living room” once it catches fi re.
According to Cavallo & Signoriello
Insurance, real Christmas
trees are three times more
likely to catch fi re than an artifi
cial tree. Therefore, real trees
should be kept no longer than
four weeks.
When decorating the tree, it
is recommended to use newer
LED lights. The lights should be
off when no one is home and
before going to bed at night.
When decorating outside, consumers
should use lights that
are specifi cally for outdoor use.
Fire offi cials also suggest using
a ground-fault circuit interrupter,
which can be installed by
an electrician or purchased for
portable use. In addition, consumers
should be aware that a
15-ampere circuit can support
1,800 watts and a 24-ampere
circuit can support 2,400 watts.
“No one thinks they will experience
a fire, but sadly so
many do over the holidays,”
said Ostroskey. “Be sure that
your smoke and carbon monoxide
alarms are in good working
order and review your home
escape plan with family and
guests.”
on suspending cooperation
between local police and the
federal task force, stating that,
“the Boston Marathon bombing
and 9/11 attacks happened
in our backyard mainly because
of poor communication and coordination
between federal and
state law enforcement. Those
were dark, awful days. Local,
state, and federal law enforcement
need to work collectively
to prevent terrorist attacks and
save lives. We cannot slide back
to those days of disorganization
and poor communication. That
would be very dangerous to our
communities.”
In the past, Edwards has also
sought and received the endorsements
of “Our Revolution”
and the “Democratic Socialists
of America,” organizations that
advocate for the defunding and
restructuring of local police departments.
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Legislature passes ARPA, FY21 surplus spending bill
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n Friday, December 3, the
Massachusetts Legislature
advanced a $4 billion bill
to the governor’s desk that directs
federal American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA) and Fiscal Year
2021 (FY21) surplus funding to
assist the Commonwealth’s ongoing
economic recovery from
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• $50,000 for repairs
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between the cities of
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• $350,000 for resiliency
improvements
in the Riverfront district
of Revere in accordance
with the
Riverfront Master
Plan
Saugus
• $100,000 for increased
pedestrian
lighting on public
ways
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commercial stove and
oven for the American
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JESSICA GIANNINO
State Representative
The awarded funding is as follows:
Revere
•
$50,000 for the dredging and
rehabilitation of Sales Creek and
Chelsea
• $50,000 for La Colaborativa,
Inc.
• $50,000 for ROCA,
Inc.
• $50,000 for Community Action
Programs Inter-City, Inc.
(CAPIC)
• $50,000 for GreenRoots, Inc.
• $50,000 for The Neighborhood
Developers (TND)
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~ POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT ~
Anthony D’Ambrosio endorsed by
East Boston hero and Hanna Award
recipient, Sergeant Norberto Perez
WINTHROP – Anthony
D’Ambrosio, Candidate for State
Senate, has received the endorsement
of retired Sergeant
Norberto Perez, recipient of the
Hanna Medal of Honor for his
courageous bravery. Many in
East Boston will remember Sgt.
Perez for his heroics in saving
the lives of 2 Boston Police Offi -
cers in 2017.
“I normally do not get involved
in politics, especially endorsing,
but Anthony D’Ambrosio stands
out as someone who can deliver
the change he promises,” said
Sgt. Perez. “Insider politicians
continue to fail the people of
Massachusetts and we need real
change now. Anthony is unbeholden
to anyone but the voters
of the 1st Suff olk and Middlesex
district and I am proud to support
his campaign.”
“Sgt. Perez is a hero who put
his life on the line every day to
protect the residents of East
Boston,” said D’Ambrosio. “I am
humbled to receive his support
and will work day and night to
make him and every other supporter
of our campaign proud
for the faith in me.”
About Anthony: Anthony
D’Ambrosio is a graduate of Yale
and Cambridge Universities. He
is currently a member of the Revere
School Committee where
he led the creation of a districtwide
Equity Advisory Board; led
the implementation of a districtwide
mental health audit with
enhanced services for students;
and fought for union and labor
rights.
He has managed a 3,500-person
nonprofi t organization that
provided community-based services
ranging from early childhood
education to homelessness
relief; taught public school
classes on disability and mental
health issues related to social
media and academic performance.
Professionally,
he has advised
on the technology sector and
growth strategies for some of
the world’s most innovative
technology companies.
GREATER BOSTON LEAGUE
NOTEBOOK: Local football teams like
Everett, Malden and Revere will have
lots of new faces next season
Winter seasons open next week; Everett and Lynn English still
looking like Boys Basketball teams to beat
That's right, between the players
and cheerleaders; nearly 50
Tide student-athletes were honored
on Senior Day this year.
Malden and Revere also had increased
numbers of 12th-graders
on their squads this year.Malden
fi rst-year head coach Witche Exilhomme
had 17 seniors on his rosBy
Steve Freker
T
urnover due to graduation is
a predictable rite of passage
for all high school teams, year-in
and year-out,
Due to several senior-laden
football squads in the Greater
Boston League this past season,
expect to see a lot of new faces
when the 2022 fall season rolls
around. Everett High, Malden
High and Revere High all featured
the senior year players that each
of these schools have rostered in
a number of years.
Suffice it to say that "Senior
Nights" this fall were a major excursion
for Athletic Directors to
plan and execute. Second-year
Head coach Rob DiLoreto must
have gotten a sore arm waving
goodbye to all of his senior players
on Thanksgiving Day after the
Crimson Tide smacked visiting St.
John's of Shrewsbury.
Do you think any other high
school team in Massachusetts had
THIRTY!! (30) seniors on its team
this past fall? Everett did!
ter at one point this season. Revere
football boss Lou Ciccatelli
had just about the same, nearly
20 seniors,
For all three of these Greater
Boston League (GBL) rivals, many,
if not most of these seniors played
SEASON | SEE Page 10
Gerry
D’Ambrosio
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
Councillor continues to ask for more input on
high school building project
By Adam Swift
A
s the selection process for
a new Revere High School
site narrows to two locations,
some City Councillors are still
calling for more public input
and greater transparency for
the process. During last Monday
night’s City Council meeting,
Councillor-at-Large George
Rotondo introduced the latest
in a series of motions requesting
that Mayor Brian Arrigo request
the Revere High School
Committee Building Project
team to provide an update on
their scope of work from the
enactment of this group until
present day. In addition, Rotondo
asked that Superintendent of
Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly provide
the student population growth
per year from 2010 to present.
“This is not about the
school building group, this
is about participation of the
people,” said Rotondo. “We
have a $300 million project
that is coming before us,
and we have a very minimal
amount of participation
from the public. When
I review the YouTube videos
that are presented on
the website, and you look
at the participation numbers
there, it’s less than
1,000 people over at least
four months; that’s a very,
very small amount.”
As for the student population
numbers, Rotondo
said he hopes the city
will build a school of the
future that will take into
account the increased growth
within Revere.
Ward 4 Councillor Patrick
Keefe, who sits on the
school building committee
alongside Councillor-at-Large
Gerry Visconti,
said he agrees with Rotondo’s
desire for increased
participation in the process.
Keefe said current plans
are for the building committee
to be in front of the
City Council on Jan. 10. “The
project chair wants to present
in front of the School
Committee and then subsequently…in
front of the City
Council, and then to host a
public forum that week as
well,” said Keefe, adding that
the building committee has
heard that there is a desire
to solicit more public input
GEORGE ROTONDO
Councillor-at-Large
COUNCILLOR | SEE Page 7
RevereTV Spotlight
’T
is the season at RevereTV
for all of your holiday
community event coverage!
Revere kicked off the holiday
celebrations last weekend
starting with the Menorah
Lighting during Hanukkah
on Thursday. This was on the
lawn of City Hall at 4 p.m, just
about when it got dark. The
menorah still stands, but if you
missed the event, you can fi nd
the RTV coverage playing all
week on the Community Channel
or posted to YouTube.
The weekend continued with
the Priscilla Nickerson Memorial
Santa Walk. People were encouraged
to register for the
event to participate and donate
to The Santa Walk Fund. At
the end of the event as participants
traveled down Broadway,
they were met with the Mayor’s
offi cial tree lighting ceremony.
Residents watched as Mayor
Brian Arrigo lit up City Hall with
holiday lights. There were food
trucks, cookie decorating and
vendors, and even Santa made
a special appearance. RevereTV
was there for the event, and you
can watch it on the Community
Channel or on social media.
The RevereTV staff was excited
to be back at the Annual Robert
A. Marra Memorial Sounds
of Christmas Concert at St. Anthony’s
Church. This concert is
a charity event, and attendees
brought food donations. The
North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
performed holiday favorites,
and this streamed live
on all RevereTV outlets. If you
missed the concert, it is replaying
now on RevereTV’s Community
Channel. This is channel 8
and 1072 for Comcast subscribers
and 3 and 614 for RCN subscribers.
For
the month of December,
past recordings of the Sounds
of Christmas Concert will be
playing every day at noon.
These special concert events
will culminate in a marathon of
the Robert A. Marra Memorial
Sounds of Christmas Concert
on Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day. Plan to tune in to RevereTV
to have the North Shore Philharmonic
Orchestra playing your
holiday music all day as you celebrate
with friends and family.
You can catch all local government
meetings on RevereTV.
There are still a few weeks left
before their holiday recess, so
tune in to RTV GOV if you want
to watch meetings live as they
happen or replaying throughout
the proceeding weeks. RTV
GOV is channel 9 on Comcast
and channels 13 and 613 on
RCN. All meetings stream live on
YouTube and can be watched afterward
any time.
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Majority of City Council signs
onto letter supporting WIN Waste
opinion from MassDEP
By Adam Swift
W
ith one exception, the
City Council, last Monday
night, signed onto a letter
presented by Councillors Jessica
Ann Giannino and Richard
Serino supporting a recent legal
analysis against permitting
a vertical expansion at the WIN
Waste Innovations ash landfi ll in
Saugus. City Council President
Anthony Zambuto was the lone
dissenting voice on signing onto
the letter.
The motion from Giannino
and Serino is tied to a letter that
state Department of Environmental
Protection (MassDEP)
Commissioner Martin Suuberg
recently sent to state Representative
Jeff rey Turco concerning
expansion of the WIN Waste facility,
which was formerly known
as Wheelabrator.
“There was a meeting with Suuberg
weeks ago, and the result
of that meeting was that Representative
Turco said, ‘I want
something in writing that says
this is what this call summarizes
and these are our fi ndings and
beliefs,’” said Giannino. “Because
Representative Turco asked, we
got a letter from Suuberg addressed
to him, stating his fi ndings,
and there were some big
takeaways from that.”
Among the takeaways, said
Giannino, is that because the
landfi ll is located in marshland
that is an Area of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC) MassCOUNCILLOR
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from the community.
The site itself has been honed
down to two locations, Keefe
said – the current high school
site and the Wonderland site.
He said the plan on the table for
the high school site would not
include the taking of any nearby
properties by eminent domain,
as had been a previous
possibility.
“This is my issue; the entire
process – the people didn’t have
a say in it – it was just a select
group,” said Rotondo.
Keefe countered that the public
has had a say through numerous
public building committee
meetings.
“The problem is the process
is being confi ned to a particular
time frame, a particular use
of medium, and that’s an issue,”
said Rotondo.
During previous school building
projects, Rotondo said, the
principals involved were in front
of the City Council on a regular
basis and provided it with regDEP
will not allow any farther
expansion.
“What they are doing right
now – think of it like a W – there
are peaks and there are valleys;
they are just fi lling all the valleys
because they are allowed to,”
said Giannino. “Eventually, when
this maxes out, there is nothing
left to fi ll, and they can only go
higher. This letter from Suuberg
said they basically agree that
they should not be allowed to
put anymore in once they max
out at what they have.”
Giannino, who is also a State
Representative, said she and
Turco will be submitting a letter
in support of Suuberg’s recent
statement to the City Council,
as well as to the state Department
of Conservation & Recreation
(DCR).
“Alongside the legal issues
of expansion, there are numerous
environmental and health
issues as well,” the letter from
Giannino and Serino states.
“Wheelabrator’s ash landfi ll is
located within a one-mile radius
of Environmental Justice communities
in Saugus, and its impacts
extend well beyond Saugus
to neighboring Environmental
Justice communities in
Revere and Lynn. For decades,
these communities have been
burdened by pollution and nitrogen
oxides being emitted by
Wheelabrator.”
Zambuto said some people
see the letter diff erently than the
assessment given by Giannino
ular minutes of their meetings.
“We are the ones who are going
to sign off on this – and they are
choosing where this goes without
at least giving us a weekly
update,” said Rotondo.
Keefe disagreed and said anyone
can participate fairly easily
in the meetings. “These are held
on Zoom, so you can participate
in your pajamas, on your couch;
it couldn’t be easier,” said Keefe.
“If the councillors – if Councillor
Rotondo wants to join, you can
join; you’ve chosen not to.”
Rotondo said he has watched
all the meetings and that when
he has tried to participate during
the meetings he has found
the public input process diffi cult
and off -putting.
City Council President Anthony
Zambuto noted that the City
Council is not currently getting
weekly minutes from the building
committee, as it has gotten
in the past during other school
projects. Keefe said he will ask
the building committee to begin
to send the minutes to the
council.
and Serino. “All it did, in my opinion,
is state the obvious: that it is
in an ACEC area, and that would
be a major hurdle to expand the
ash landfi ll,” said Zambuto. “So
the bottom line is that nothing
has changed but that you can
interpret it anyway you want, so
I interpret it as status quo.”
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
History Museum unveils painting
of Revere Beach amusements by
artist Tom Mara
A
painting by Tom Mara of Worcester of Revere Beach in the 1960’s was brought back to life and
now hangs proudly in the Revere History Museum on Beach Street.
Mara’s family and close friends were on hand at the museum for the offi cial unveiling. The painting
had been placed in storage for many years and needed a little touch-up by Rhea Heaven of the Revere
Public Library. The painting is located on the second fl oor and is complimented with a picture
of Tom Mara.
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Ira Novoselsky and Revere Society for Cultural and Historic Preservation President Bob Upton.
City Council taps Amesbury mayoral
aide as new Election Commissioner
By Adam Swift
P
aul Fahey, the chief of staff
to Amesbury Mayor Kassandra
Gove, was recently chosen
as Revere’s new Election
Commissioner. The City Council
approved Mayor Brian Arrigo’s
pick to replace retiring Election
Commissioner Diane Colella
at its Monday night meeting.
“Paul has several decades of experience
as an executive in both
state and local governments,
most recently serving as the Chief
of Staff for the city of Amesbury,”
Arrigo stated in a letter to the
council. “A graduate of the Harvard
Kennedy School, his expertise
in municipal operations also
enabled him to operate a consulting
fi rm that supported government
agencies. His proven
track record of government compliance
and innovation will serve
him well as we tighten our election
protocols and work to expand
voting access.”
Prior to serving as the chief
of staff in Amesbury, Fahey was
the chief of staff and chief operating
offi cer in the Mayor’s Offi
ce in Methuen. As the president
and principal consultant
of Fahey Consulting Group from
2013-2017, Fahey provided administrative,
fiscal, legislative
and policy support to government
agencies, consulting fi rms,
and nonprofi t and trade associations.
Fahey also worked in
the State House, managing the
staff of the Senate Chair for the
Joint Committee on Public Safety
from 1999-2001 and as an
administrative assistant to the
House Committee on Ways and
Means from 1995-1999.
Ward 6 Councillor Richard
Serino was unable to attend
the Dec. 6 appointments subcommittee
meeting, but previously
spoke in favor of Fahey’s
appointment. “Not many of
you may know of Mr. Fahey or
know Mr. Fahey,” said Serino. “I’ve
known Paul working through
state government, and he’s an
utmost professional and a very
intelligent man. I think he will
make a phenomenal election
commissioner, and I would ask
my colleagues that when you
consider him on the 6th that you
support his appointment.”
During last Monday night’s
subcommittee meeting, Fahey
said he is looking forward
to serving in Revere. “I want to
make sure that elections are being
run properly, that the election
system is being maintained
and respected for anyone who
votes or wants to vote and is eligible
to do so, and I sort of see
everything fl owing from that,”
Fahey said.
Councillor-at-Large Jessica
Ann Giannino said that some
of the councillors were nervous
about the city fi nding a qualifi
ed new elections commissioner,
and said it was a relief to see
someone come aboard with
such an impressive resume and
who was highly recommended.
Monday night’s appointments
subcommittee meeting was the
last one to be chaired by retiring
Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso.
“I want to congratulate
you and on behalf of the rest of
the council, and I know they feel
the same way, congratulate you
on the wonderful job you have
done for the many years as the
appointments chair,” said Ward 2
Councillor Ira Novoselsky.
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Santa Walk honors memory of Priscilla Nickerson
Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna with Ricci and Loretta LaCentra, and State Rep. Jessica Giannino
at the Priscilla Nickerson Santa Walk.
OUR DOORS ARE OPEN
Santa greets Ward 1 City Councillor Joanne McKenna (left) and
State Rep. Jessica Giannino at the annual Santa Walk. (Courtesy photos)
Saugus River Watershed
Council Annual Meeting
& Dinner; keynote
presentation: The past
and future of Rumney
Marsh and the Saugus
River Watershed
Wed., Dec. 15, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
at The Marina at the Wharf
M
embers of the public are
invited to join the Saugus
River Watershed Council (SRWC)
on Wednesday, December 15, at
The Marina at the Wharf from
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the
Council’s annual meeting and
dinner featuring a keynote presentation
on Rumney Marsh.
The Council will also present River
Stewardship Awards, highlight
2021 accomplishments
and elect 2022 board members.
Admission to the annual
meeting of $30 per person includes
the keynote presentation
plus a delicious dinner buffet.
The menu will include rigatoni
served in a pomodoro sauce
or a white wine sauce, chicken
parmigiana or chicken piccata,
baked haddock, seasonal vegetable
medley, roasted potatoes,
dinner rolls, salad and homemade
pastries. A cash bar will
be available.
This event is handicap accessible
and open to the public. Online
registration and payment information
is available under the
events section at https://www.
saugusriver.org/event-detailsregistration/annual-meetingand-fundraiser
– preregistration
requested.
This year’s Steward Awards
will be presented to Jessica Giannino
and Altar’d State. SRWC
President Debra Panetta stated,
“Representative Giannino continues
to be an environmental
champion for Saugus and Revere,
and I am delighted that Jessica
will be receiving this award.”
SRWC Executive Director Mary
Lester is very excited for this
award to be presented to Altar’d
State – they have been such an
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
D’Ambrosio GOTV Breakfast rallies the district to
Get Out and Vote on Tuesday, December 14
By Tara Vocino
T
he D’Ambrosio for State Senate campaign rallied the First Suffolk
and Middlesex District to get out and vote during the Get
Out the Vote (GOTV) Breakfast at Casa Lucia Function Facility on Saturday
morning. A Special Election will be held this Tuesday, Dec. 14,
for the State Senate seat formerly held by Joseph Boncore.
City offi cials, pictured from left to right – State Rep./Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino, Mayor
Brian Arrigo, State Senate candidate/School Committee Member Anthony D’Ambrosio, Councillor-at-Large
George Rotondo, Bella Rotondo, City Council President/Councillor-at-Large Anthony
Zambuto – with resident Kimberly Fall (far right).
Pictured from left to right: supporters Juan Carlos Aguilar, candidate
D’Ambrosio and Lilian Wendy Vega, holding a Dec. 14 special
election sign.
Shown from left to right: State Rep./Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino, Mayor Brian Arrigo, Senate
candidate/School Committee Member Anthony D’Ambrosio, residents Karen and Emilio Fusco,
D’Ambrosio’s father, Gerry, and resident Kimberly Fall asked people to get out and vote during
Saturday’s Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Breakfast at Casa Lucia Function Facility.
Standing from left to right are residents Mauro Mini and Dawn Clark and candidate
D’Ambrosio with his parents, Michelle and Gerry. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
SEASON | FROM Page 5
key roles on both sides of the ball.
Seven Malden starters on defense
were seniors on Thanksgiving in
the Tornados' win over Medford.
For Revere, a dozen seniors
were starters in the win over Winthrop
on Turkey Day and Everett
had a reported 20 of its 22 starting
off ensive and defensive starting
spots fi lled by seniors.
What all this means is that a lot
of coaches have a lot of work to do
getting players ready to fi ll those
spots next fall, starting with preseason
camp in August.
Looks like there will be a lot
more "good" numbers up for
grabs next fall when its Picture
Day and everyone throws on the
game "uni's" for the fi rst time!
State Senate candidate/School Committee Member Anthony D’Ambrosio and his
supporters, pictured from left to right: Northeast Tech Vocational School Committee
Member Anthony Caggiano, Jane Rizzo and Steve Capano.
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Everett High and Lynn English
still teams to beat in Boys
Basketball
Some things change like the
wind, others never seem to
change at all.
Season Two of the COVID-19
pandemic will feature some
more "normalcy" than usual, if
that even exists anymore.
Players, coaches and offi cials
will still need to wear masks,
but fans will be allowed into the
game for the fi rst time in a year
and a half when the Winter Season
kicks off next week.
Full winter slates begin with
Malden hosting Medford on
Tuesday, December 14 and Everett
hosting Chelsea the same
night, both games are 6:00 p.m.
starts.
This will be the fi rst full season
with the two Lynn teams (Classical
and English) in the GBL and
as usual the "teams to beat" are
Everett High and Lynn English.
More on all this coming next
week after a week of games under
the belt!
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Up to $20,000 available for your healthy ideas
Y
ou got ideas, and we’re
funding them: A minigrant
program hosted by the
Revere CARES coalition is now
accepting applications until
January 21 for innovative
ideas that promote a healthier
community for all. Since
its creation in 2012, the minigrant
program has provided
over $160,000 to fund 94 ideas
that make Revere a healthy environment
to live, work and
play. The mini-grant program
is a collaboration between the
MGH Revere CARES coalition
and Revere on the Move. This
year, $20,000 is available for
individuals, organizations or
groups interested in receiving
funds to promote healthy eating
and active living, prevent
substance use disorders, improve
mental well-being and
engage young people in positive
activities.
This year the coalition will
also consider proposals for activities
that promote connections
among residents. This
can include community-building
events in neighborhoods
or wards. Mini-grants of up
to $600 to build relationships
among neighbors may be applied
for.
“Our ultimate goal for these
mini-grants is to put money in
the hands of our community
members to do things we may
not have thought of or been
able to do. Community problems
require community solutions.
The community knows
best how to improve the health
of the city, and what would
work or not work,” said Revere
CARES Director Sylvia Chiang.
Examples of previously funded
projects include the following:
Seacoast
High School:
awarded $1,000 to expand an
aquaponics lab for their Botany
and Urban Growers class.
The expansion coincided with
their existing community garden,
herb garden, and hydroponics
lab, providing students
with a comprehensive urban
farming tool-kit (system and
environmental change).
Half Day Hoops Program:
awarded $1,605 to the Revere
Police Department to offer
free mini-basketball clinics
for middle and high school students.
These mini-clinics will increase
physical activity among
youths and will help address
substance abuse issues (active
living, prevention and positive
youth engagement).
Sidewalk Butlers for Cigarette
Butts: awarded $852 to
the Revere Community Committee
(through The Neighborhood
Developers) to install
five cigarette butlers in
the Shirley Avenue business
district. This environmental
strategy is meant to promote
cleanliness and increase mental
health due to an environmental
change in the Shirley
Avenue neighborhood (environmental
change).
Improbable Players: awarded
$1,615 to the Rumney Marsh
Academy for a performance
from Improbable Players. The
show, which was presented by
young actors who are in longterm
recovery, incorporates
dramatic performances and
theatre workshops that help
people recognize situations
in their own lives and seek the
help they need (prevention activity
encouraging positive decisions
among youths).
Girls Empowerment Club:
awarded $770 to Kamilla Calle
and Rebecca Villatoro, students
at Revere High School, to create
a Girls Empowerment Club
to help empower and build relationships
among elementary
and middle school girls (positive
youth engagement led by
a young person).
“It’s important that mini-grant
ideas outlast the funding.
They should be sustainable
with a lasting
impact for years to come. Policy,
systems and environmental
changes are ways of modifying
the structure of where we
live to make the healthy choice
the easy choice. By changing
laws and shaping physical
landscapes, a big impact can
be made with little time and
resources,” said Revere Director
of Community Health and
Engagement/ Revere on the
Move Co-Leader Dimple Rana.
While you are brainstorming
for ideas, consider ones that
will have permanent benefi t
for the community. These include
the following: changes
to existing policies (e.g., requiring
fruit options at school
events); environmental changes
(e.g., aquaponics lab and urban
trails); and systems changes
(e.g., starting a bicycle club
and exercise hour).
To ensure a smooth application
process for applicants, free
technical assistance is available
to all who wish to apply. “We
want to help the community’s
ideas be as strong as possible
and to make implementing
them as successful as we can. If
someone has an idea that they
aren’t sure quite fi ts or needs
assistance with the application,
they can call or email us
and we can provide guidance.
The goal is to make these great
ideas work,” said Revere CARES
Program and Communications
Manager Viviana Cataсo.
Revere CARES will be hosting
a virtual meeting on December
14 at 6:00 p.m. to provide
an overview of the mini-grant
program and answer
questions. To sign up to participate,
visit https://bit.ly/SignUpforRevereMiniGrantOverview.
For more details and to
complete the online application
by January 21, 2022, visit
https://bit.ly/RevereCARESMiniGrants2022.
For assistance
contact Viviana Cataсo at vcatano-merino@partners.org
About
the MGH Revere
CARES Coalition
The mission of the Revere
CARES coalition is to strengthen
the health of Revere by addressing
priorities established
by community members: utilizing
an environmental approach;
advocating for evidence-based,
culturally competent
strategies, programs
and services; increasing connectedness
among individuals
and organizations and supporting
and empowering local
youths. The Revere CARES Coalition
is a program of the MGH
Center for Community Health
Improvement.
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
City Hall Menorah Lighting celebrates light over darkness
Jewish War Veterans, Post 161, PDC Joseph Cole lit a candle
on the menorah.
By Tara Vocino
T
he Hanukkah Menorah was
lit last Thursday night outside
of Revere City Hall to celebrate
light over darkness. The
Festival of Lights began Sunday,
Nov. 28 and ended Monday,
Dec. 6. The Jewish festival
commemorates the recovery
of Jerusalem and rededication
of the Second Temple at the beginning
of the Maccabean revolt
against the Seleucid Empire in
the 2nd century B.C.
The Hanukkah menorah is lit.
Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky wore a “Deck the
halls with Matzo balls” sweater.
Pictured from left to right: Rabbi Sruli Baron, Mayor Brian Arrigo, State Rep./Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino,
School Committee Member Michael Ferrante, Senate candidate/School Committee Member Anthony D’Ambrosio,
Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky, resident Cynthia Steg, City Council President Anthony Zambuto, Jack Satter
House Rabbi Lior Nevo (in back), Northeast Metro Tech School Committee Member Anthony Caggiano, resident Jay
Rosenzwaig (in front) and School Committee Member-elect John Kingston. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
Mayor Brian Arrigo said the holidays are always
a joyous time of year.
Rabbi Sruli Baron (second from left) led a Hallel (a Hebrew prayer) as City
Council President Anthony Zambuto and State Rep. Jessica Giannino
looked on.
Residents Bruce and Jayna Singer attended the Hebrew
holiday tradition.
Event co-organizers: Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky,
who is the Jewish War Veterans, Post
161, Past National Commander, and Everett
Congregation Tifereth Israel Rabbi Sruli Baron,
who is also the director of Tobin Bridge Chabad,
during last Thursday night’s Hanukkah menorah
lighting outside of City Hall.
Jack Satter House/Hebrew SeniorLife Rabbi Lior Nevo
said Hanukkah is the holiday of light.
Rabbi Sruli Baron explained
that Hanukkah represents
bringing light into darkness.
State Rep./Councillor-at-Large
Jessica Giannino wished everyone
a happy Hanukkah.
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Revere gets into the Holiday Spirit with
Christmas Tree Lighting and a visit from Santa
Mayor Brian Arrigo offi cially welcomed Santa to Revere for
his annual visit to City Hall during this year’s tree lighting
last Saturday night.
M
Santa brings lots of happy faces when he comes to town. Santa greeted the many happy children in attendance
at City Hall.
ayor Brian Arrigo arrived at Revere City Hall with Santa Claus
last Saturday night to light up City Hall for the holidays. State
and local elected offi cials joined Mayor Arrigo and Santa in performing
this annual celebration.
A large crowd at Revere City Hall was on hand for the Christmas Tree lighting last Saturday night.
Mayor Brian Arrigo and his guests: State Representative Jessica
Giannino, Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky, Candidate for Senate
Lydia Edwards, Councillors Steve Morabito and Anthony Zambuto,
Santa, School Committee Member Mike Ferrante, State Rep.
Jeff ery Rosario Turco and Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe.
Christmas Carols were performed for the event at Revere City Hall.
The entire block around City Hall was lit up for the Christmas season
last Saturday.
Santa came down Broadway to City Hall by fi re truck to light the Christmas lights.
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
Why answering fun questions on social media is dangerous
W
hether you prefer Facebook,
Twitter or Instagram,
it’s fun to connect with
new friends, reconnect with old
friends and keep in touch on social
media. In less eff ort than it
takes to send a single email to a
friend with a photo attachment,
we can upload that same photo
to Facebook in seconds for
all your friends to see and share
their comments and compliments.
It is powerful technology
used by nearly three billion people
around the world.
When you have that many people
posting, commenting and
messaging each other in one
place, companies with products
and services to sell are sure
to follow. For these companies,
“engagement” is everything. Engagement
is what happens when
you like, share or make a comment
on a company’s social media
post. Because most people
have more than 100 friends/followers
and like dozens of companies/brands,
social media platforms
use technology to send to
your newsfeed only the posts
with a lot of engagement.
That’s why companies will do
just about anything to make sure
their fans and followers engage
with their posts. One of the most
popular ways to do that is to ask
a fun, nostalgic question. These
questions may include:
• What was your fi rst car?
• What color was your favorite
freeze pop?
• What was your first pet’s
name?
These questions seem harmless,
and for most social media users,
they are. Unfortunately, millions
of criminals lurk on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram,
looking for personal information
they can use against you. Every
time you answer a question on
Facebook that asks for personal
information, you put yourself at
risk for identity theft or sophisticated
scams.
Here’s how identity theft can
happen
Do you regularly update the
passwords for your online banking
and credit card accounts with
nonsensical combinations of
numbers, letters and symbols?
If not, that makes you like millions
of other people who choose
easy-to-remember passwords
and stick with them for years.
How many times have you used
your wedding anniversary, child’s
name, birthdate or pet’s name as
a password? Probably more times
than you’d like to admit. Identity
thieves know this. When you
answer a question on social media,
you give them the hints they
need to log in to your bank account
and steal your money.
It’s bad enough that these
thieves can get into your account.
Once they have access, they often
change the password so you can’t
access your own money or line of
credit. We hope you never experience
the sick feeling of a preventable
fi nancial loss, so please stop
sharing personal information on
social media and change those
passwords.
Here’s how a social media
scam can happen
The more personal information
you share on social media,
the easier you make it for a potential
thief to scam you on a platform
where your defenses are already
down. How many times
has something someone shared
made you laugh out loud, made
you clench your fi sts with anger
or made you tear up? Social media
tugs at our emotions in powerful
ways, and in just a few short
clicks, scammers can fi nd some
creative ways to manipulate you.
Imagine a message with a subject
line like “Our friend Stacey
Smith needs your help” pops
into the email account associated
with your Facebook account
(because you set your privacy settings
to “public”). You don’t know
the person who sent the email,
but you open it anyway because
you love Stacey.
Hi (your name here),
I’m sorry we’re meeting like this,
but Stacey has mentioned you several
times at our PTA meetings and
all the fun you two had at Red Oak
Elementary School when you were
kids, so I had to reach out to you
with some sad news. Stacey has
a rare infection that will require a
$100,000 surgical procedure that’s
not covered by insurance. I know
you no longer live here in Scamsville
and that it’s been years since
you’ve seen Stacey, but she still
loves Tom Petty. In fact, “I Won’t
Back Down” is her motto for beating
this awful disease. Stacey is super
private about this situation (it’s
why she’s not posting about it on
Facebook) and would probably
kill me for doing this, but I’m asking
anyone who knows her to help
me off set her medical bills. Please
send me a check to the PO Box below
or Venmo me anything you can
to help our friend.
Tempting, isn’t it? Now imagine
if Stacey herself asked you
for money for the same surgery,
only the person asking the question
is a thief who logged into her
Facebook account and is messaging
you directly through the social
media platform.
It happens all the time and millions
of trusting people lose billions
of dollars every year.
Answering random questions
on social media puts a target on
your back by providing thieves
with the personal information
they need to break into your online
accounts or scam you into
giving them money. Be smart, be
selective and leave the personal
information to in-person conversations
that are even more satisfying
than commenting, liking and
sharing on social media.
BBB Study: Online shopping scams flourish on social
media during pandemic
A
shift toward online shopping
during the COVID-19
pandemic, a global supply chain
crisis, and a resurging economy
have all created a recipe for a
breakneck holiday shopping season
– one where online shopping
fraud poses a tremendous risk
to consumers. Online purchase
scams have skyrocketed during
the pandemic, and social media
ads play a key role in the mushrooming
problem, a new Better
Business Bureau® (BBB®) study
fi nds. The in-depth investigative
study – “Theft on a massive scale:
Online shopping fraud and the
role of social media” – fi nds the
pandemic, along with lax social
commerce shopping platforms,
has opened the door for scammers
in China to steal from desperate
online shoppers.
Online shopping fraud has
been growing for several years,
but according to BBB research,
it dramatically increased during
the pandemic as more people
shopped online. A BBB survey
found 29 percent of people
shopped online before COVID-19,
and this increased to 37 percent
by the end of 2020. In turn, BBB
Scam Tracker reports about online
shopping scams nearly doubled
from 2019 to 2020, and the
BBB Institute for Marketplace
Trust named online shopping
scams as the riskiest scam of
2020, publishing special reports
on this growing fraud in 2020 and
2021. Complaints to the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) about
online purchases more than doubled
in 2020 and continue to increase
throughout 2021. Also, online
shopping has more BBB “F”rated
companies than any other
type of business.
Most online fraud reports examined
involve a response to online
ads on Facebook and Instagram.
After placing an order, victims
report receiving nothing or
receiving items that were counterfeit
or inferior from what the
ads promised. Scammers often
take product photos or a landing
page from legitimate businesses,
post them on Facebook
and Instagram and take online orders
at websites they create. This
leads to complaints against legitimate
businesses, as victims often
do not realize they have lost their
money to a scammer rather than
the business the scammer was
portraying.
Counterfeit and pirated goods,
the subject of a 2019 BBB investigative
study, are rampant in online
shopping scams. Other online
fraud reports involve sites
selling nonexistent pets, vehicle
shipping schemes and deceptive
free trial off ers.
Many online shopping complaints
registered at BBB and reported
to BBB Scam Tracker can
be traced back to Facebook and
Instagram. BBB found it was common
that people who were not
actively looking for a product, but
lost money in the transaction, began
with Facebook or Instagram
70% of the time. Fraudsters understand
how Facebook targets
shoppers and have developed
strategies to reach those likely to
be interested in buying their bogus
products.
Many victims and legitimate
businesses believe that Facebook
and Instagram should do more to
prevent this widespread fraud. A
recent federal class action lawsuit
against Facebook contends that
it is complicit in fraudulent sales
and fails to abide by its own policies
in addressing them.
A Missouri woman ordered
a decanter and two cups via a
Facebook ad, but only received
one cup. When she contacted
the company to complain about
how the set was depicted in the
ad versus what was received, she
was told she had only ordered
one cup. They refused to give her
a refund, so she contacted BBB.
While credit cards are still the
most frequent payment method
in online scams, online scammers
increasingly are requesting payment
through PayPal. Credit cards
and PayPal off er a degree of buyer
protection by allowing buyers to
dispute charges, although scam
victims have reported diffi culty
getting refunds through PayPal.
In addition, scammers employ
a variety of tactics to circumvent
the dispute process, including exorbitant
shipping costs to return
items for a refund, supplying bogus
shipping tracking numbers
and delaying the process in order
to run out the clock for a dispute
claim.
Online purchase scams originate
from a variety of actors.
Counterfeit goods operations –
and those who sell goods online
that are not delivered or
send items signifi cantly diff erent
from what was described –
have been tracked to businesses
or organized gangs based in
China. While China has blocked
its people from using Facebook’s
social media platform in China,
reportedly, some businesses located
in the country traffi c counterfeit
goods and spend billions
to advertise on the site. Reportedly,
many pet scams are primarily
operated by gangs from
Cameroon; vehicle scams have
been traced to gangs from Romania,
and free trial off er scams
have been found to be operated
mostly by people in the United
States and Canada.
Law enforcement actions mostly
have been limited to scammers
and their accomplices operating
in the United States and Canada.
In 2020, U.S. customs agencies
seized $1.3 billion in counterfeit
goods, arresting 203 individuals
and securing 98 convictions.
BBB’s study makes the following
consumer protection recommendations:
•
Facebook should do more to
enforce its policies for third-party
sellers.
• Credit card payment processors
should put more eff ort into
combating those who provide
merchant accounts to sellers who
engage in fraud.
• U.S. consumers would benefi
t from a program to help counterfeit
victims with chargebacks
like one operated in Canada by
the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
(CAFC). Such a program might
help identify crooked credit card
merchant accounts, bogus websites,
and points of origin for
counterfeit goods.
• More regulatory oversight is
needed regarding companies
that use websites to market products
from China but deliver counterfeit
goods, items not as advertised
or nothing at all.
Tips for avoiding online purchase
scams:
• Check out the website before
making a purchase
• Check BBB.org to check a business’s
rating and BBB accreditation
status. Some crooks might
copy the BBB seal. If it is real, clicking
on the seal will lead to the
company’s BBB profi le.
• Scamadviser.com can often
tell you how long a website has
been in operation. Scammers create
and close websites regularly,
so a site that has only been operONLINE
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Social Security
Calculators That
Can Help You Decide
When to Claim
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you recommend some good resources that can help my
wife and me determine the best claiming ages for maximizing
our Social Security retirement benefi ts?
Just Turned 62
Dear 62,
Deciding when to start collecting
your Social Security benefi
ts is one of the most complicated
and consequential decisions
in retirement. The diff erence
between a good decision
and a poor one could cost you
and your wife tens of thousands
of dollars over your retirement,
so doing your due diligence
now is a very smart move.
Factors to Consider
As you may already know,
you can claim Social Security
any time between the ages
of 62 and 70, but each year
you wait increases your benefi
ts between 5 and 8 percent.
However, there are other factors
you need to take into account
to help you make a good
decision, like your health and
family longevity, whether you
plan to work in retirement,
along with spousal and survivor
benefi ts.
To help you weigh your claiming
strategies, you need to
know that Social Security Administration
claims specialists
are not trained or authorized
to give you personal advice
on when you should start
drawing your benefi ts. They can
only provide you information
on how the system works under
diff erent circumstances. To
get advice you’ll need to turn to
other sources.
Online Tools
Your fi rst step in getting Social
Security claiming strategy
advice is to go to SSA.gov/
myaccount to get your personalized
statement that estimates
what your retirement benefi ts
will be at ages 62 through 70.
These estimates are based on
your yearly earnings that are
also listed on your report.
Once you get your estimates
for both you and your wife,
there are a number online Social
Security strategy calculators
you can turn to that can
compare your options so you
can make an informed decision.
The best one that’s completely
free to use is Open Social
Security (OpenSocialSecurity.com),
which runs the math for
each possible claiming age (or,
if you’re married, each possible
combination of claiming ages)
and reports back, telling you
which strategy is expected to
provide the most total spendable
dollars over your lifetime.
But if you want a more thorough
analysis consider feebased
calculators like Maximize
My Social Security (MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com)
or Social
Security Solutions (SocialSecuritySolutions.com).
Both of
these tools, which are particularly
helpful to married couples
as well as divorced or widowed
persons, will run what-if scenarios
based on your circumstances
and show how diff erent fi ling
strategies aff ect the total payout
over the same time frame.
Maximize My Social Security’s
web-based service costs $40
per year for a household, while
Social Security Solutions off ers
several levels of web-based
and personalized phone advice
ranging from $20 to $250.
In-Person Advice
You may also be able to get
help through a fi nancial planner.
Look for someone who is
a fee-only certified financial
planner (CFP) that charges on
an hourly basis and has experience
in Social Security analysis.
To fi nd someone, use the National
Association of Personal
Financial Advisors online directory
at NAPFA.org, or try
the Garrett Planning Network
(GarrettPlanningNetwork.com),
which is a network of fee-only
advisers that charge between
$150 and $300 per hour.
Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior,
P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.
org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show
and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
TEAM LEADERS: The RHS Patriots Basketball team has voted seniors Jack D’Ambrosio, James Clauto
and Ihssan Mourouane as the team’s Tri-Captains for the 2021-2022 season. (Courtesy of Coach David
Leary/Twitter)
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ating for a short time could raise
red fl ags.
• Do an internet search with the
company name and the word
“scam.” This might locate other
complaints about the site.
• Scrutinize reviews: Scammers
frequently post positive reviews
on their websites, either copied
from honest sites or created by
scammers. One trusted resource
to check reviews is at BBB.org.
Be aware: Some review websites
claim to be independent but are
funded by scammers. Look at the
bad reviews fi rst. These are more
likely to be real and can help identify
scams.
• Search for contact information:
Use caution if the site does
not have a U.S. or Canadian phone
number, or it uses a Gmail or Yahoo
business email address.
MEETING | FROM Page 9
environmentally minded and local
supporting retailer.
This year’s event will also feature
sale of holiday wreaths for
$40 each. These handmade
wreaths feature fresh woodland
evergreens, pinecones
• Keep a record of what you ordered:
Make a note of the website
where you ordered goods.
Take a screenshot of the item ordered,
in case the website disappears
or you receive an item that
diff ers from what was advertised.
• Pay by credit card: Credit cards
often provide more protection
against fraud than other payment
methods.
• Report online shopping fraud
to: Better Business Bureau – fi le a
complaint at BBB.org or report
a scam at BBB.org/scamtracker.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
– fi le a complaint at reportfraud.
ftc.gov or call 877-FTC-Help. National
Intellectual Property Rights
Coordination Center – report intellectual
property and counterfeiting
violations to iprcenter.
gov/referral/view. Internet Crime
Complaint enter (IC3) – fi le a complaint
at ic3.gov/complaint. Canaand
other decorative elements.
Order online today and pick
them up at the annual meeting.
We will also be having silent
auctions, raffl es (including
a kayak) and a 50/50. All proceeds
will benefit the Council’s
environmental education,
SRWC scholarship and river resdian
Anti-Fraud Centre – fi le a report
at antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
or call 1-888-495-8501.
• Facebook – report ads that violate
Facebooks policies by clicking
the *** next to an ad to go to
facebook.com/business/help.
• Instagram – report copyright
infringement or other policy violations
at help.instagram.com.
• Amazon – report suspicious
activities and webpages at amazon.com.
•
Google – report scams at
google.com.
• PayPal – call (888) 221-1161 to
speak with a live person instead
of using its automated system if
you receive an item that is not as
advertised.
• Your credit card company –
call the phone number on the
back of the credit card to report
the fraud and request your money
back.
toration programs.
The Saugus River Watershed
Council is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofi t
organization founded in 1991
to protect and restore the natural
resources of the Saugus River
watershed. Contact: marylester@saugusriver.org,
781-2335048.
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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
Closing the wealth gap for Revere entrepreneurs
Small business webinar series launching for Revere business community
T
he City of Revere’s Small Business
Division within its Department
of Planning & Community
Development (DPCD)
has partnered with the Center for
Women & Enterprise (CWE) and
JPMorgan Chase to host a small
business webinar series to provide
information and best practices
for small business owners
throughout the city. The webinar
will continue the work of DPCD
by focusing on economic recovery
and providing more opportunities
for businesses to grow.
Through this program, small
business owners can learn from
business experts and consultants
about how to manage their fi -
nances and build and grow their
social media presence, as well as
how to enhance their customer
base. The four-part online series
can empower local entrepreneurs
through knowledge
sharing, networking and access
to experts.
This webinar series is open to
all Revere small businesses, regardless
of location, and simultaneous
interpretation is available
in Spanish to support the
participation of native Spanish
speakers. The webinar is free for
all participants, ensuring accessibility
for smaller, locally owned
businesses.
DPCD enhances the City’s economic
environment by strengthening
and revitalizing its neighborhoods
through business
growth and resident engagement.
This webinar expands on
the work of the City’s Broadway
Rapid Recovery Plan, which outlines
business recovery strategies
to support small business owners
who operate along Broadway,
Revere’s central business
district.
“As JPMorgan Chase expands
its presence locally, and with this
growth comes collaborative opportunity,”
said Mayor Brian Arrigo.
“The City welcomes these
types of public-private partnerships
to bring unique expertise
and ideas to residents through
webinars, informational sessions,
and more. These programs
will be key to fostering economic
recovery in the wake of COVID-19
– by building a solid foundation
for our small-business
community through collaborative
events and webinars, our
business leaders and residents
are equipped with the tools they
need to succeed. We hope local
business owners fi nd this webinar
useful and we are looking forward
to continuing a partnership
between the City of Revere, JPMorgan
Chase, and the Center for
Women & Enterprise.”
The CWE was founded in 1995
as an economic empowerment
organization whose mission is
to help women business owners
and aspiring female entrepreneurs
launch and grow their
business. Staff from CWE work individually
with female entrepreneurs
by providing greater access
to the resources, tools and
support they need to succeed.
“The Center for Women & Enterprise
is proud to partner with
Mayor Brian Arrigo and JPMorgan
Chase to deliver programs
and resources that will help emPRIMARY
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Health Educator from 2015 to
2018, managing a 3,500-person
non-profi t organization. D’Ambrosio
is also a fi nancial analyst
in the technology sector, advising
on the sector and growth
strategies for technology companies
across the world.
“As a former Mayor of Revere
and an At-Large City Councilor
I know fi rst-hand how important
it is to have colleagues in
the legislature that will fight
power women entrepreneurs
to succeed fi nancially,” said CWE
President/CEO Gaby King Morse.
“And when women find economic
empowerment, they are
better positioned to support
themselves, their families, their
communities, and create a more
equitable world for all.”
According to Next Stop Revere
– Revere’s recently completed
master plan encompassing demographics,
employment, education,
housing and health in the
city – nearly 10 percent of Revere
households rely on self-employment
income. As a Gateway City
in the Commonwealth, Revere
has a variety of housing, transtirelessly
for their communities,”
said former mayor and Councillor-elect
Dan Rizzo in his endorsement.
“Anthony D’Ambrosio
is the clear choice in this race
when it comes to knowing how
to get things done and bring
people together for the betterment
of us all.”
Edwards is a current Boston
city councilor who previously
worked with Greater Boston Legal
Services.
The controversial Edwards endorsements
include Our Revoluportation
and economic qualities,
making it an ideal place for
small businesses to launch and
grow their ventures.
“Mayor Brian Arrigo and Center
for Women & Enterprise are committed
to advancing financial
empowerment for small businesses,
particularly those led
by people of color and women,
by providing them with the
tools and resources needed to
grow and thrive,” said JPMorgan
Chase Relationship Offi cer Susanne
Cameron. “Revere is an
ideal place to launch this technical
assistance program and help
accelerate inclusive economic
growth in the region.”
tion, a Socialist-thinking group
backing the defunding of police,
Senators Elizabeth Warren
and Ed Markey, current Boston
Mayor Michelle Wu, and Democratic
gubernatorial candidate
Sonia Chang-Diaz.
This special election marks
Election Commissioner Diane
Colella’s last before retirement.
Newly appointed Election Commissioner
Paul Fahey, who was
approved by the City Council
this week, will be working alongside
Colella for this election.
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1. On Dec. 10, 1830, poet
Emily Dickinson was
born in Amherst, Mass.;
where did she attend
college?
2. The fi rst-known written
mention of “pigs in
blankets” was in a Betty
Crocker children’s cookbook
in what year: 1921,
1945 or 1957?
3. How many ghosts are
in “A Christmas Carol”?
4. In “computerese” what
does SMTP stand for?
5. On Dec. 11, 1769, Venetian
blinds were patented
in what country:
England, Italy or the United
States?
6. In what United Kingdom
language with
many words describing
snow would you find
“skelf” (a large snowfl
ake) and “spitters” (small
drops of driving snow)?
7. On Dec. 12, 1917, in
Nebraska, Father Edward
Flanagan founded Boys
Town for wayward boys;
in what year did it start
accepting girls: 1918,
1960 or 1978?
8. Do both male and female
mosquitoes bite?
9. Omicron is the 15th
letter of what alphabet?
10. How are ostriches,
emus and kiwis similar?
11. December 13 is National
Cocoa Day; in 1765
Answers
chocolate manufacturing
– using West Indian
cocoa beans – in the
American Colonies began
in what Massachusetts
city?
12. How are “Death Valley
Days,” “General Electric
Theater” and the
1959 Tournament of Roses
parade similar?
13. What Christmas movie/song
character “stink,
stank, stunk”?
14. On Dec. 14, 1542, after
her father died, Princess
Mary Stuart became
Queen of Scots at what
age: one week, four years
or 16 years?
15. How are “Becoming,”
“Where the Light Enters”
and “Spoken from the
Heart” similar?
16. December 15 is Bill of
Rights Day; how many
constitutional amendments
are in the Bill of
Rights: fi ve, 10 or 27?
17. What two animals are
used to hunt truffl es?
18. What color is in an Elvis
Christmas song title?
19. What is the name
of the mountain range
that goes through Algeria,
Morocco and Tunisia?
20. On Dec. 17, 1917, Sir
Arthur Charles Clarke
was born, who cowrote
the screenplay for what
1968 sci-fi fi lm?
State Senate candidate Lydia Edwards used
improper mortgage to purchase Chelsea home;
spent money on East Boston home renovations
By James Mitchell
A
n Advocate Newspaper investigation
has found that
Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards,
a candidate for State Senate,
utilized an improper, federal
residential mortgage to purchase
investment property in
Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 2015.
In the lead up to Edwards’s investment
acquisition and over
the course of her ownership of
the multi-unit property, at least
five tenants were evicted, the
property’s rents increased by
nearly 40%, and Edwards as landlord
faced multiple municipal citations
for blight and poor waste
disposal on the property.
The Advocate’s investigation,
based on registry records, court
records, Chelsea rent data, and
campaign finance reports, reveals
that Edwards’s tenure as
a landlord did not always align
with her public stances on housing
and tenant matters. From
mid-2016 to January of 2018, Edwards
served as the First Deputy
Director of Boston’s Offi ce of
Housing Stability. She left the
position to serve as the District
1 City Councilor on the Boston
City Council, representing East
Boston, Charlestown, and the
North End. On the Council, she
has advocated for tenant rights
and more aff ordable rents. She
has similarly made housing the
centerpiece of her campaign for
State Senate.
Despite her public positioning,
disclosures filed with the
Offi ce of Campaign and Political
Finance suggests that Edwards’
contributions from major Boston
developers are far more extensive
than she has publicly acknowledged.
Among her significant
contributors are Thomas
O’Brien, and others from HYM,
which controls the large Suffolk
Downs development in Revere
and East Boston. Edward
P. Champy, III, a contractor with
Waypoint Development, LLC,
and Jacob Citrin, the Miamibased
CEO of Cargo Ventures. Citrin
and Turnbull develop commercial
and industrial facilities
that often compete with aff ordable
housing providers over fi -
nite land in East Boston, Chelsea,
and surrounding cities.
Use of Improper Federal
Mortgage
Records on fi le at the Suff olk
County Registry of Deeds show
that, on August 15, 2015, Edwards
purchased a three-family
dwelling at 63 Marlborough
Street in Chelsea for $549,900. In
connection with that purchase,
Edwards, as the sole borrower,
applied for and received a fedPictured
above is 63 Marlborough St. multi-family in Chelsea
purchased in 2015 for $549,900 by Lydia Edwards thanks to a
FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan which requires the applicant to
take up residence. (Advocate staff photo)
erally insured mortgage, known
as an FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation
Loan, in the amount of $555,364.
According to HUD, an FHA 203(k)
loan is only available to purchasers
of 1 to 4 family homes who
may use a portion of the loan
to make immediate repairs. The
program, which does not require
high credit scores, also provides
better interest rates to borrowers
than conventional business
loans that are normally used for
investment properties. However,
loans under the 203(k) program
are not available to those looking
to purchase property solely
for investment purposes because
of strict FHA guidelines requiring
owner occupancy.
According to the HUD guidelines,
“FHA security instruments
require a borrower to establish
bona fide occupancy in a
home as the borrower’s principal
residence within 60 days of
signing the security instrument,
with continued occupancy for
at least one year.” Such a requirement
was included in the FHA
203(k) loan that Edwards signed
in 2015. HUD makes clear that
“under no circumstances may
investors use the exceptions to
circumvent FHA’s ban on loans
to private investors and acquire
rental properties through purportedly
purchasing ‘principal
residences.’”
At the time of the Chelsea investment
purchase, however,
Edwards, who is also an attorney,
lived at 186 London Street in
East Boston, another multifamily
property she purchased in 2008
also through an FHA 203(k) loan.
Her voter enrollment certifi cate,
fi led with her state nomination
papers for the May 2016 special
election to replace then resigning
Senator Anthony Petruccelli,
listed her address as 186 London
Street in East Boston. The date
of Edwards’s fi ling was less than
one year from the date of her
purchase of the Chelsea property,
meaning that Edwards was
not complying with the requirement
of her FHA 203(k) loan that
she principally live at the Chelsea
property for at least one year. According
to voting records, Edwards
has voted from the East
Boston address in every election
since 2008. There is no evidence
that Edwards has ever registered
to vote in Chelsea after purchasing
real estate there.
Additional evidence establishes
that Edwards never lived at
the Chelsea property. Edwards
never declared the Chelsea property
a homestead nor did she
apply for an owner-occupied
tax exemption from the City of
Chelsea, whereas she attained
both for her East Boston property.
Homesteads and residential
real estate tax exemptions
are common for properties that
are principally owner occupied.
Evictions, Rent Hikes, Fines
& Profi t
In addition to the allegedly improper
mortgage, Edwards’s acquisition
and ownership of the
Chelsea investment property immediately
followed the eviction
of at least fi ve tenants. Soon after,
proposed rent hikes of nearly
40% and multiple municipal citations
for blight and poor waste
disposal on the property.
When the Chelsea property
was publicly listed for sale
on April 28th
, 2015, prior to Edwards’s
purchase, the MLS Listing
sheet stated that there were
existing tenants living in Units 1
and 2. Over the next two months,
fi ve tenants were evicted from
the property. Just sixteen days
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Female Seminary,
which became
Mount
Holyoke College
2. 1957
3. Four: Jacob
Marley and the
Ghosts of Christmas
Past, Present
and Yet to Come.
4. Simple Mail
Transport Protocol
5.
England
6. Scottish
7. 1978
8. Only the females
do.
9. Greek
10. They are
fl ightless birds.
11. Dorchester
12. Ronald Reagan
acted as host
for all of them.
13. Mr. Grinch
14. One week
15. They are
books by First Ladies:
Michelle
Obama, Jill Biden
and Laura Bush.
16. 10
17. Dogs and
pigs
18. Blue – “Blue
Christmas”
19. The Atlas
mountains
20. “2001: A
Space Odyssey”
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GOV.
CHARLIE BAKER ANNOUNCES
HE WILL NOT RUN
FOR RE-ELECTION – Gov. Baker
announced that he will not seek
a third term as governor of Massachusetts
in 2022 while Lt. Gov.
Karyn Polito also said she will not
seek the governorship. This leaves
the race wide open.
“This was an extremely diffi cult
~ LEGAL NOTICE ~
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
THE TRIAL COURT
PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT
Essex Probate and Family Court
36 Federal Street
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 744-1020
Docket No. ES21PA0252AD
In the matter of: Cristian Alejandro Erazo
To:
William Neftali Erazo L.K.A. of Revere, MA.
any unnamed or unknown parent and persons interested in a
petition for the adoption of said child and to the Department
of Children and Families and said Commonwealth,
280 Merrimac St., 2nd Fl., Lawrence, MA 01843
CITATION
G.L. c. 210, § 6
A petition has been presented to said court by: Jonathan Ferney
Velez of Lynn, MA Claudia Marcela Sanchez of Lynn, MA
requesting for leave to adopt said child and that the name of the
child be changed to:
Cristian Alejandro Velez
If you object to this adoption you are entitled to the
appointment of an attorney if you are an indigent person.
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forms.
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(10:00 AM) ON:
01/10/2022
WITNESS, Jennifer M R Ulwick, First Justice of this Court.
Date: October 27, 2021
PAMELA CASEY O’BRIEN
REGISTER OF PROBATE
December 3, 2021
Decmber 10, 2021
December 17, 2021
decision for us,” said the pair in a
joint statement. “We love the work
and we especially respect and admire
the people of this wonderful
commonwealth. Serving as governor
and lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts has been the most
challenging and fulfilling jobs
we’ve ever had.”
“We have a great deal of work to
do to put the pandemic behind us,
keep our kids in school and keep
our communities and economy
moving forward. That work cannot
and should not be about politics
and the next election. If we
were to run, it would be a distraction
that would potentially get in
the way of many of the things we
should be working on for everyone
in Massachusetts. We want
to focus on recovery, not on the
grudge matches political campaigns
can devolve into.”
“Today is about the future. This
next year needs to be about recovery,
not about politics. We are
grateful for the chance we have
been given to serve the people of
this great state and will give it our
all between now and the end of
2022,” concluded the statement.
Four candidates had already entered
the race before Baker’s announcement.
Democratic candidates
include Incumbent State
Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Boston),
former State Sen. Ben Downing
and Harvard professor Danielle
Allen. The only GOP candidate currently
in the race is former State
Rep. Geoff Diehl.
The two biggest names being
tossed around as possibilities in
political circles on the Democratic
side include Attorney General
Maura Healey and U.S. Secretary
of Labor and former Boston Mayor
Marty Walsh.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE:
There were no roll call votes in the
House or Senate last week. This
week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports
local senators’ roll call attendance
records for the 2021 session. No
more roll calls are planned in the
Senate until January 2022.
The Senate held 115 roll calls in
the 2021 session. Beacon Hill Roll
Call tabulates the number of roll
calls on which each senator votes
and then calculates that number
as a percentage of the total roll call
votes held. That percentage is the
number referred to as the roll call
attendance record.
More senators have 100 percent
roll call attendance records
this year than at any time in recent
memory. Thirty-seven of the
39 members did not miss any roll
calls and have 100 percent roll
call attendance records. This can
be attributed to the fact that under
emergency rules adopted because
of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the vast majority of the 39 senators
are not in the Senate chamber during
a session. Most are watching
and listening to the session from
their home or business and voting
remotely. Senators’ votes are
communicated to Senate offi cials
during the session or prior to the
session if senators are informed in
advance that there will be a roll call
vote. If a member wants to speak
on an issue under consideration,
they do so on a separate “debate
phone line” and their voice is then
heard in the Senate chamber and
by anyone watching the broadcast
online.
The number of senators who
had 100 percent roll call attendance
records in the prior four
years was 33 in 2020; 28 in 2019; 20
in 2018; 24 in 2017; and 17 in 2016.
Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington)
and Senate President Karen
Spilka (D-Ashland) were the only
two senators who missed any roll
calls this year.
Barrett missed 13 roll calls (11.4
percent) out of 115 for a roll call
attendance record of 88.6 percent.
“In my capacity as State Senate
chair of the Utilities and Energy
Committee of the Legislature, I
attended the U.N. Climate Change
Conference in Glasgow for its climactic
second week,” Barrett told
Beacon Hill Roll Call. “In doing so, I
missed several roll calls back in the
Senate, all taken on a single day. I
regret this, but feel my responsibilities
to my constituents were
best satisfi ed during that particular
time by my working at the U.N.
event. Achieving emissions reductions
relies heavily on ‘subnational’
governments like state legislatures,
where so many of the actual
programs are designed and
funded.”
“Over 400 private jets crammed
Scotland’s airports and Massachusetts
sent several of our state’s
leading green elites to virtue signal
and share their moral authority
with other self-absorbed bureaucrats
and politicians,” said Paul
Craney, spokesman for the Mass
Fiscal Alliance. “While his legislative
colleagues were trying to determine
how to best help their
constituents with COVID relief
money, the Lexington state senator
was boasting about serving on
a climate panel in which he spoke
to ‘legislators’ from other countries
including from China and Russia.
Can Massachusetts’ most narcissistic
green elite be this tone deaf or
is he there for the self-celebration
and pageantry?”
It’s a Senate tradition that the
Senate president only votes occasionally.
Current Senate President
Karen Spilka follows that tradition
and only voted on 45 (39.1
percent) of the 115 roll calls while
not voting on 70 (60.9 percent)
of them.
Sen. Spilka’s offi ce did not respond
to repeated requests by
Beacon Hill Roll Call to comment
on her voting record.
We specifi cally asked if Spilka
was in the Statehouse building
for all the formal and informal sessions;
how the tradition developed
that the president rarely votes; has
she ever thought of breaking that
tradition and being recorded on all
roll calls; and how does she choose
on which roll calls she will vote?
“Sen. Spilka follows the tradition
that many before her followed,”
said Paul Craney. “In this
particular case, it’s not necessarily
a bad tradition but unfortunately
a much worse trend in the state
senate is quickly emerging, and
that is its opaqueness. The Statehouse
has been closed for over
600 days, and now major budget
decisions are being done behind
closed doors and when lawmakers
are on recess. The Massachusetts
Legislature, including the State
Senate, is the most opaque legislative
body in the United States.
There is no other state legislature
this secretive.”
SENATORS’ 2021 ROLL CALL
ATTENDANCE RECORDS
The percentage listed next to
the senator’s name is the percentage
of roll call votes on which the
senator voted. The number in parentheses
represents the number
of roll calls that he or she missed.
Sen. Joseph Boncore has resigned
HOW
LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S
SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call
tracks the length of time that the
House and Senate were in session
each week. Many legislators say
that legislative sessions are only
one aspect of the Legislature’s job
and that a lot of important work
is done outside of the House and
Senate chambers. They note that
their jobs also involve committee
work, research, constituent
work and other matters that are
important to their districts. Critics
say that the Legislature does not
meet regularly or long enough to
debate and vote in public view on
the thousands of pieces of legislation
that have been fi led. They
note that the infrequency and
brief length of sessions are misguided
and lead to irresponsible
late-night sessions and a mad rush
to act on dozens of bills in the days
immediately preceding the end of
an annual session.
During the week of November
29-December 3, the House met for
a total of one hour and 30 minutes
while the Senate met for a total of
one hour and 22 minutes.
Mon. Nov. 29 House 11:00
a.m. to 11:12 a.m.
Senate 11:14 a.m. to 11:18 a.m.
Tues. Nov. 30 No House session
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Wed. Dec. 1 No House session
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to 11:21 a.m.
Senate 11:07 a.m. to 11:14 a.m.
Fri. Dec 3 House 11:03 a.m. to
12:11 p.m.
Senate 11:03 a.m. to 12:14 p.m.
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his holiday shopping season,
the Better Business Bureau’s
BBB Scam Tracker has received
numerous reports about shipping
tricks that scammers use to
steal from online shoppers. The
con artists are exploiting PayPal’s
policies by delivering incorrect
items and using stolen tracking
numbers.
How the scam works
People are shopping online
and are fi nding amazing deals
– often brand-name goods at a
signifi cant discount. Often the
items are large, such as pieces
of furniture or a vacuum cleaner.
The website and the products
look legitimate, so consumers
are deciding to take a chance
and make a purchase. The site directs
them to pay through PayPal,
which leads many to believe
it’s safe.
After checkout, a confirmation
email arrives that contains
a tracking number from UPS, FedEx
or another shipping service.
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zations and partners are in receipt
today of nearly $1 million.”
Arrigo said the largest grant,
for the Rte. 1A southbound
ramp, is important as the city
works on its Riverfront Master
Plan. “The design and engineering
work will refi ne a plan for us
to reconstruct a new ramp and
rotary that will off er direct, safe,
and convenient access to the riverfront
for everyone – pedestrians,
cyclists and motorists,” said
Arrigo. “This riverfront area has
been severely underutilized for
far too long, but the critical infrastructure
work we will be able
to do with the MassWorks grant
and with the redevelopment of
the G&J tow yard and the city’s
acquisition of the boatyard in
that neighborhood – our residents
will soon have access to
beautiful new public space on
the riverfront.”
Arrigo said the grant for the
Food Hub, which has been running
out of a Winthrop Avenue
After a few weeks, the package
arrives, but it’s not what was expected.
For example, one shopper
ordered a six-foot artifi cial
Christmas tree, but “received a
bottle brush Christmas tree no
bigger than my hand.” Another
shopper told BBB that they
ordered “a pressured machine
washer for $78...” and received “a
yellow shirt that’s not worth $2.”
In another common version of
this scam, the package is delivered...
but to the wrong address.
When consumers try to correct
the mistake, they are fi nding
that the ecommerce site is either
unresponsive or unhelpful. In
some cases, the site doesn’t provide
contact information; in others,
no one responds to emails
or calls.
Some scam victims report fi ling
claims with PayPal to get a refund.
PayPal’s protection promise
says customers can open a
dispute if the package never arrives
or if the item received is
counterfeit or diff ers signifi cantly
from what was ordered. However,
not every claim was resolved
to the buyer’s satisfaction. For
example, one shopper reported
the following experience after
ordering a desk online and
fi ling a dispute though PayPal:
“I was contacted by PayPal and
told they had found in favor of
the seller. They had apparently
received confi rmation of delivery
of said desk to my house
according to the tracking number…
PayPal did not give me any
option to discuss their decision,
to argue why they found in favor
of the seller. They just closed
the case.”
BBB contacted PayPal about
the BBB Scam Tracker reports. After
looking into the stolen tracking
code issue, they replied: “We
notifi ed various shipping carriers
of this issue allowing tracking
data to be stolen and we believe
it has been closed. In addition,
we made enhancements to our
algorithms to identify and disable
these fraudulent bad actors.
Arrigo. “After launching Revere
Works in conjunction with TND,
our unemployment signifi cantly
declined, and that really, truly
proved that collaboration and
reemployment programming
really does work.”
Polito said she was pleased
Lt. Governor Karyn Polito
building for a year, will provide
the capacity to continue providing
quality food to all Revere
residents.
The mayor said the grant
for the Revere Works program
through The Neighborhood
Developers is another critical
source of funding to help the
community. “At one point during
the pandemic, Revere had
the second highest unemployment
of any city in the state,” said
to see the city take the building
on Winthrop Avenue and turn it
into a place where food distribution
can take place and that the
state grants would help to increase
its level of service. “You’ll
be able to tap into the creative
energies of people who understand
how to design food and
make food and be involved in
workforce development and entrepreneurship
and small business
development and incubating
that talent that exists right
here in this city,” said Polito.
Polito also acknowledged the
work Revere has done on the
development front while it was
also addressing the needs of its
residents during the pandemic.
She said the riverfront area will
be a great project with the priIn
fact, we are stopping a signifi -
cant majority of these fraudulent
sellers at fi rst transaction through
our detection program and have
refunded customers impacted by
this fraud scheme even if they did
not appeal our decision.”
Protect yourself from a package
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from a shady seller assuming
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Before buying online, confi
rm the site has real contact information.
Make sure the seller
has a working phone number
and address on the website, so
you can contact them in case of
problems.
vate development of housing
along the G&J site, as well as
improvements to the park and
the city’s development of the
boatyard.
“It was an area not developed
because it was hard to get to, so
the MassWorks program … is
allowing you a $750,000 award
for predevelopment,” said Polito.
“We’ve learned how to do
our jobs better, too, because
MassWorks is typically a construction
award, so you had to
be ready to construct, ready to
build. But we were hearing from
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elsewhere.
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Learn more about spotting and
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a lot of communities that were
not quite ready, so what do you
do, you don’t want to get rejected
and then start all over again
in a year.
“So we backed up our program
a little bit and said why
don’t we help you with that predevelopment
so that you can
continue to move forward and
hire the professionals needed to
get that part of it done through
the design and the engineering
and the permitting and then
come back to us, and we’ll help
you on the construction end.”
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However, Edwards maintained
that there was no wrongdoing
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to the Advocate on Thursday, Edwards
responded stated, “I lawfully
purchased the home, paid
the taxes and sold it years ago.
My intent was to start a family
with my new husband and we
needed space,” she said. “Ultimately,
I accepted a position with
Mayor Marty Walsh as the head
of the Offi ce of Housing Stability,
public service for which included
a Boston residency requirement.
Years ago, I sold the house as part
of a painful divorce.”
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in a special election to the
Massachusetts State Senate to
represent the 1st Suffolk and
Middlesex District vacated by
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         
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         
            
     
         
   
FELIX ARROYO
  
  
43 Holland St., Saugus $499,000
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f Revere on December 2,
2021 at the age of 69 lost
his battle to cancer. Lifelong resident
of Revere, Frank was born
in Winthrop to the late Joseph
“Tiny” Gulla Sr. and Teresa (Colarusso)
Gulla. Loving partner
of Toni Serena of Revere. Father
of Michael Gulla and grandfather
of Matthew and Drayven.
Beloved Uncle of Davida Winn
and the late Joey Gulla. He was
the cherished brother to his
twin Joseph Gulla of Peabody,
and Joanne Winn and her husband
Dave of Colorado, formerly
of Peabody, and the late John
Gulla. Frank and Joe started
wrestling at the age of 18. They
would later become the NWA
Frank M. Gulla
OBITUARIES
New England tag team champs.
There are many great memories
and stories of his time with his
brother in the ring. Their wrestling
name was Long Riders with
the “House of Pain.” Frank loved
to ride his motorcycle. He will be
truly remembered for his laughter,
smile and outgoing personality.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made in Frank’s
name to the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, Division of Development
& The Jimmy Fund, P.O.
Box 849168, Boston, MA 022849168
or at dana-farber.org.
William Cowhig, Jr.
L
oving father, and grandfather,
passed away on November
29. Born and raised in
Revere, he was one of 3 children
to the late William, Sr. and
Florence. A retiree of Trimount
Bituminous where he began
his career as a laborer and
quickly took on added responsibilities
of the tool truck driver.
Bill became a paving foreman,
paving many of the states’
highways, local roads, and airports.
Through his unmatched
attention to detail, quality, and
drive for excellence he was appointed
Road Superintendent
and then General Superintendent.
As the company grew,
Bill was appointed VP and later
became Sr. VP. Bill was most
proud of his work at Logan Airport,
where he directed countless
construction and resurfacing
projects. Bill was an active
member of Construction
Industries of Massachusetts
(CIM) and Massachusetts Aggregates
and Asphalt producers’
association (MAAPA).
He enjoyed spending all his
free time with his 4 grandchildren
going to school/sporting
events, holidays, and special
occasions. He will be dearly
missed and remembered for
his generosity. Donations can
be made to The Base Inc. contact
Courtney Harrness at 617442-7700
or email charrness@
thebase.org.
6 Hodgkins Rd., Unit A $379,000
Rockport, MA - CONTINGENT
          
plan all on one level living. The living room overlooks a deck with
an open backyard area, with a heated in-ground built-in pool.
         
            ditional
full bath. The level yard is nestled with a fenced in yard,
shed, and more. You will love this home just as the previous
owner did!!
CONDOMINIUM - LYNN
Patrick
Rescigno
Rosa
Rescigno
Carl
Greenler
38 Main St., Saugus
(781) 558-1091
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Sue Palomba
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Doherty
Location! Welcome to 6 Hodgkins Road in Rockport with 2 deeded
         
its own entrance with a beautiful mudroom. This condo can be
transferred into the home of your dreams with a kitchen that offers
granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and an eat in with
plenty of sunlight. The open concept of living room that awaits a
            
has 3 bedrooms along with a full bath and a pull down attic with
storage. Charm, a special urban feel, level yard, shed, 2 deeded
parking, commuter rail seaside town, and much more. What more
can be asked. This opportunity is awaiting for you!
20 Railroad Ave.
Rockport MA
$474,800
Light and airy rooms,
in the uniquely
designed, attractively
laid out home, that
adapts to a variety of
Ron
Visconti
196 Locust St., Lynn - Welcome to the Stadium Condominiums,
one the best managed and maintained properties
           
        
workout area with a bonus area of a private indoor balcony
overlooking the lobby. This is a tremendous value and will
not last. Currently rented. Tenant pays $1,450/mo. and would
like to stay. Lease expires end of April, Section 8 - $205,000
Carolina
Coral
Franco
Pizzarella
Call (781) 558-1091 for a
Free Market Analysis!
We are Fluent in Chinese,
Cantonese, Italian and Spanish!
          
year round getaway, Condo Alternative! Easy access to Front
Beach. A commuters dream. Perfect location. All the work has
been done for you to move right in to this 2 BR 1.5 bath colonial.
Located near the train, shopping, restaurants, beaches, and
Shalin Liu Music Center. The open concept living and dining
room is bright roomy. French doors to wonderful balcony off the
master bedroom. Low maintenance exterior with parking for 2
cars. But so close to the train you don’t even need a car. Bonus
area in basement with plumbing connections for a possible
bathroom. This Rockport gem is worth seeing. Has great rental/
vrbo potential and has a history of commercial use.
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        
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        
       
   
         
           
    
           
         
          
 
       
         
         
   
              
             
           
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