YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 35, No.6 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday School officials satisfied with new safety implementations at RHS By Barbara Taormina fter a diffi cult start to the school year, things are back on track and improving at Revere High School. The School Committee’s Safety and Security Subcommittee met late last month with Police Chief David Callahan to review some of the recent data and changes at the high school. Everyone at the table agreed that the joint response from the administration and the Police Department, which included suspensions and court cases, restored normalcy to the school after two large fi ghts. “Some measures taken draA T Anthony Caggiano School Committee Treasurer matically changed the school environment,” said Callahan, who mentioned some kids being taken out of school. “The good collaborative relaDr. Dianne Kelly Supt. of Schools tionship between school and city services makes a huge diff erence,” he added. NEW SAFETY | SEE Page 16 Revere League For Special Needs Celebrate Love WIN WASTE INNOVATIONS PLANT: The company prolonged the life of its ash landfi ll last year by trucking ash to a company disposal site in Shrewsbury. (Saugus Advocate fi le photo by Mark E. Vogler) City Health officials address rodent issues with Council Free rodent control extermination available to residents Advocate Staff Report R The Revere League For Special Needs held their Valentines’ Day party on Sunday at Rosaria’s Restaurant in Saugus. Shown from left: Kim Sturuock, Amanda Leone, Freddy Adamson, and Dennis Gefteas spell out love with their cards. See photo highlights on page 10–11. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) evere’s Chief of Health and Human Services, Lauren Buck, and Director of Municipal Inspections & Health Agent, Michael Wells, were at the City Council meeting this week with a presentation on everything residents need to know about the city’s chronic rodent problem. Calls to 311 to report rat sightings were up dramatically last year, although Buck noted that some residents called multiple times. Revere has CITY HEALTH | SEE Page 2 781-286-8500 Friday, February 7, 2025 WIN Waste Innovations estimates less than four years of life for its ash landfill By Mark E. Vogler he ash landfill adjacent to WIN Waste Innovation’s trash-to-energy plant on Route 107 has a remaining capacity of less than four years, according to a recent report prepared by WIN Waste. “The report shows a remaining capacity of approximately 95,000 cubic yards which translates to a permitted site life ranging from 1.1 to 3.8 years,” WIN Waste Facility Manager Elliott Casey said of the annual Monofi ll Progress Report that was fi led Jan. 31 with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the town’s Board of Health. “It remains our strong preference to use the more environmentally responsible option of continuing to manage the plant’s ash at our on-site monofi ll, keeping diesel trucks off the road and our conservation eff orts at the monofi ll robust,” Casey said. “We will continue to export a portion of the ash from the facility as we have additional conversations with town leadership regarding our future partnership,” he said. WIN Waste offi cials say they would prefer to see the expansion of the ash landfi ll instead of trucking the ash. WIN WASTE | SEE Page 16
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