REVERE RHS Annual Alumni Hockey Photo Highlights pages 10 & 11 ADVOCATE Vol. 29, No. 8 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Community rallies around RHS teacher & coach after house fire Joe Ciccarello overwhelmed by online fund generosity By Tara Vocino M ELROSE – Following a weekend fire at a local athletic coach’s home, the Revere community rallied around him, setting up a GoFundMePage and making a large amount of donations. Out of a $5,000 goal, the GoFundMe page has raised more than $57,000 for the popular Revere High School Head Hockey and Softball Coach Joseph Ciccarello after a working fire struck his home at 237 First St. in Melrose while he and his wife, Adeline, were asleep early Sunday morning at approximately 7 a.m. “I tear up every time I think of the amount of people that reached out,” Ciccarello said on Tuesday, “family, friends, neighbors, students, players, former students, former players, and friends from far back as high school.” Ciccarello said despite losing everything, and by everything, he means only “things,” they feel like they are the luckiest people. Through this event, they found how overwhelmingly generous and thoughtful so many people can be. A neighbor, Stephanie Mannion, organized the GoFundMe page, and they plan to give back – somehow. “Full of heart and care, we can’t thank her enough,” Ciccarello said, “although we will try over the coming months.” Melrose Fire Chief Ed Collina estimated there is approximately $200,000 damage to the home, which is valued at approximately $400,000. Collina attributed the cause most likely to careless disposal of a cigarette from an alleged party on the back deck the previous night. As if the community support wasn’t enough, their dog saved the day. The canine heroine, a barking 8-pound Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix named Emmie, 2, sounded the alarm and awoke her owners early Sunday from a deep sleep. The fire alarm AFTER FIRE | SEE PAGE 7 We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover $ $2.54 GALLON GALLON Regular Unleaded $2.239 Mid Unleaded $2.639 Super $2.699 Diesel Fuel $2.839 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.699 3.43 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. 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A joint application for a 2019 Transportation Planning Grant submitted to the commission late last month shows both communities are preparing for the worst-case scenario for the project’s impact on the Route 1/Route 99 interchange, which is located less than five miles from the casino site. “If the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program proposed as part of the proposed project underperforms and does not meet estimates, the traffic impact to this critical interchange may increase significantly,” warns the 12-page document signed by Revere Mayor Brian M. Arrigo and Saugus Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree. “As neither Revere nor Saugus has been recognized as a Surrounding Community to the Encore Casino, the grant is sought in order to provide the means for these communities to continue jointly and cooperatively, to pursue measures to mitigate anticipated casino traffic impacts. In the process, some negative conditions that predate the casino may be alleviated,” the grant application notes. Significant traffic increases projected The casino project, according to the application obtained by T MONTHS AWAY: The Encore Boston Harbor Casino Resort is expected to open in June. (Advocate Photo by JD Mitchell) The Advocate Newspapers, is expected to generate the following daily and peak hour vehicle trips: • Friday Daily – 36,846 • Friday Daily Net New – 20,130 • Friday PM Peak Hour Net New – 1,358 • Saturday Daily – 43,930 • Saturday Daily Net New – 23,982 • Saturday Peak Hour Net New – 1,810 “The weekday average daily traffic near the interchange is over 120,000 vehicles on Route 1 and almost 27,000 vehicles on Route 99,” the grant application states. “The interchange is noted regionally as experiencing mobility and safety issues (Long Range Transportation Plan of Boston MPO, July 2015). This casino is expected to increase traffic through the Route 1/Route 99 interchange.” The City of Revere is listed as the lead applicant in the grant application. Revere city officials are expecting to get a response from the Gaming Commission in July, according to Nicholas Romano, aide to Mayor Arrigo. “This is the second year participating in a joint effort with the Town of Saugus, focusing TRAFFIC | SEE PAGE 6 Top 2018 City of Revere Salaries released By The Advocate Director of Finance George Anzuoni released the city salary list for 2018 showing that law enforcement, supt. of schools, and Anzuoni lead the top of the city’s salary list. According to Anzuoni, “Unit A Department Heads and the Police Superior officers bargaining groups have the retroactive pay included back to July 1, 2015 in these figures. They received these checks in May and April of 2018 respectively. Their annual salaries are inflated by this amount. All of the other bargaining groups received the retroactive pay in 2017.” Leading the list was police sergeant Joseph Internicola with $219,065.01 with an additional detail pay of $87,720. Interim police Chief James Guido was second with $209,183.33; police Lieutenant David J. Callahan was third with $208,478.47 with $50,418.50 in detail pay; Lieutenant Glenn T. Malley was fourth with $203,296.18 with detail pay at $63,434. Followed by Supt. of Schools Dianne K. Kelly with $200,826.56. See page 14 for the list of the top 100 paid salaries for 2018. Prices subject to change FLEET
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