TURCO JEFFREY for State Representative ROSARIO A WORKING CLASS DEMOCRAT. Vote Tuesday, March 2nd THE ADVOCATE - A HOUSEHOLD WORD FOR 30 YEARS! Vol.30, No.1 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Special election dates set to replace DeLeo By Adam Swift D ates have been set for the election to replace recently retired Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, who represented Winthrop and sections of Revere in the 19th Suff olk District on Beacon Hill. The special election date for state representative is March 30, with a primary slated for March 2, giving potential candidates a short window to campaign in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Revere’s Veterans Services Director, Marc Silvestri, has declared for the race, along with former Winthrop Town Council Member Attorney Jeff rey Turco and Winthrop School Committee Member Valentino Capobianco. Former DeLeo intern and Democratic State Committeeman Juan Pablo Jaramillo has also fi led papers to run for the seat, and Democratic State Committeewoman Alicia DelVento has announced that she is running, as well. Candidates have until the end of the business day on Jan. 19 to fi le nomination papers with the local election commissioners or registrar of voters for the certifi - cation of signatures. The last day residents can register to vote in the primary is Feb. 10 and the last day to register to vote in the special election is March 10. Silvestri says his experience as Revere’s veterans director, as well as his position on the mayor’s COVID-19 response team, position him well to be a leader on several key issues in the district and across the state. “I want to make sure we rebound in both the short- and long-term from COVID,” said Silvestri. ELECTION | SEE Page 8 By Adam Swift O ne Beachmont Elementary School teacher has made it all the way to Fenway Park. Julia Gallogly won’t be coming out of the bullpen, but she was honored recently by The Boston Globe, Cross Insurance and Sam Adams as a Fenway Honor Roll Top Educator. Gallogly, who is in her sixth year as an English Language Learners teacher at the school, was honored for creating a GoFundMe page that raised over $23,000 for local families in need. A video documenting Gallogly’s efforts is now featured on The Boston Globe’s website. “Back in March, when the pandemic fi rst started and schools shut down, I saw a fundraiser that the Chelsea Teachers’ Union had run, and decided that Revere could do something similar,” said Gallogly. While Gallogly helped set the fundraiser in motion, she made it clear that it was really a community-wide eff ort that made it the success that it was. Gallogly started by getting the support of the Revere Teachers’ Association, and that support blossomed out to support from 781-286-8500 Friday, January 8, 2021 Giannino sworn in as State Representative State Rep. Jessica Giannino is pictured with Legislative Aide Ricky Serino (left) and State Senator Joseph Boncore in front of the Grand Staircase at the State House on Wednesday. See page 3 for story and photo highlights. (Courtesy Photo) Beachmont teacher is Fenway Bowl honoree those close to the educators and the community as a whole. “I think people in Revere have a lot of energy for community projects, and people tend to be very generous and think of the well-being of the whole community,” Gallogly said in the video. The money that was raised was given to the local nonprofit The Neighborhood Developers, to help provide rent relief to local families. Gallogly said her friend submitted a short blurb nominating TEACHER | SEE Page 15 Julia Gallogly of Beachmont Elementary School wa s r e c e n t l y named a Fenway Honor Roll Top Educator. (Courtesy Photo)
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