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By adamg - 3/6/24 - 12:35 pm

The Revere Journal reports the city Board of Health is at wit's end for what to do about one Augustus Street resident who insists on letting his chickens rule the roost and do whatever they pluckin' want:

Buck said that numerous complaints have been received about chickens roaming in the street, which she said she herself had witnessed, and which are a violation of the city’s health codes.

By adamg - 3/6/24 - 10:59 am

A federal judge this week sentenced a member of Dorchester's Ashmont Street gang to seven years in federal prison after he admitted that he was in possession of a gun and ammunition he shouldn't have been since he was on parole for an earlier gun-running sentence - as well as being in possession of saleable quantities of cocaine. Read more.

By adamg - 3/6/24 - 10:00 am
Sunrise along Revere Beach

Matt Frank had some time to watch the sunrise over the Atlantic and Revere Beach this morning.

By adamg - 3/5/24 - 9:33 am
Murphy

Kelly Garrity reports that Councilor Erin Murphy (at large) is going to run this fall for the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County's clerk job that Maura Doyle recently announced she is retiring from. Read more.

By adamg - 3/2/24 - 1:03 pm

An annoyed citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation on the East Boston side of Bennington Street at the Revere line: Read more.

By adamg - 2/24/24 - 10:39 am

WBZ reports two teens who were riding the Revere Stop & Shop's Marty went ballistic when a store employee told them to stop it, beating her to the ground and then continuing to kick her - as a third teen videoed the whole thing.

By adamg - 2/11/24 - 1:26 pm
Ride share screen showing price between Somerville and Revere - $1.5 million

AzulasKeeper show us the price of an Uber ride from Somerville to Revere this morning.

By adamg - 2/4/24 - 1:18 pm
Two sculptures of racing animals at sunrise at Revere Beach

Matt Frank took in yesterday's Winter Wonderland at Revere Beach, then went back this morning to cool shots of the ice sculptures as the sun rose.

By adamg - 11/27/23 - 9:49 pm
Full beaver moon rising over Nahant

Matt Frank watched the full, but partially cloud-covered, Beaver Moon rising over Nahant Beach, from Revere Beach at sunset today.

By adamg - 11/8/23 - 10:02 am

The Newton Beacon reports advocates of changing zoning to allow more growth in its village centers lost "in a bloodbath" in city-council elections. Read more.

By adamg - 10/10/23 - 6:23 pm

If it's not the trains or the tracks, what else could go wrong on the T? Try the platforms. The MBTA reports outbound Blue Line trains are bypassing Suffolk Downs because of "a platform maintenance issue," which probably means something on the platform is no longer safe. Riders can take the train to Beachmont, then head over to the other side to get off at the inbound side of Suffolk Downs.

By adamg - 9/29/23 - 10:39 am

A former Revere man now living in Florida was sentenced this week to 29 months in federal prison for applying for - and getting - a $2.5 million Covid-19 payment for the 154 employees he didn't have in his Massachusetts painting company, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.

By adamg - 9/24/23 - 12:49 pm

A Cambridge man who was charged with using a knife during a scarf robbery at the Back Bay Saks in June now faces federal charges that he used his time in front of bars to become a gun-packing drug dealer, according to documents unsealed in US District Court in Boston on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 9/15/23 - 11:28 am
Sun halo at Revere Beach in advance of Lee

ChelseaScanner captured this sun halo in the advance clouds from Lee on Revere Beach this morning. Compare to sun baby back in the day.

By adamg - 8/20/23 - 11:44 am

Shortly after 10 a.m., the MBTA reported Blue Line delays of 10 minutes this morning after a vandalized train had to be taken out of service at Wonderland.

Transit Police say "juveniles smashed the window out with their feet," so the train had to get a new window.

By adamg - 8/1/23 - 4:38 pm
People waiting for the ferry to East Boston

With the Blue Line going nowhere fast, riders headed over to the ferry, which got jammed. Photo by Will Woodring.

The MBTA reports delays of up to 30 minutes on the free Blue Line due to a signal issue at Orient Heights; says the signal department is on scene trying to fix the problem.

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 11:32 pm
Blue Man Group with a sand gorilla

Matt Frank took in the Revere Sand Castle Festival tonight, which included a performance by Blue Man Group in front of an angry King Kong made of sand.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 3:11 pm

The state and Berklee College of Music say they free musical performances outside the Aquarium and Wonderland stops twice a week will help take commuters' minds off what are now regular delays due to wire inspections on top of the delays caused by all the slow zones and all the crowding caused by people who normally drive but who have to deal with the Sumner Tunnel shutdown. Read more.

By adamg - 7/6/23 - 11:47 am
Kelly's at Logn Airport proclaims itself as being from Boston's Revere Beach

Robert Alvarez was a bit perplexed by this wall at the Kelly's in Terminal B at Logan: "Congratulations to Revere on being annexed by Boston?"

Or maybe they're making a statement, that East Boston is really Boston's Revere Beach? But if so, maybe Sullivan's could start advertising itself as being from Revere's Castle Island?

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