RHS Hockey Banquet - page 6RHS Hockey Banquet - page 6 RHS Girls Basketball Banquet - page 10 RHS Girls Basketball Banquet - page 10 Vol. 29, No. 12 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Fiesta Shows Spring Carnival opens this week 781-286-8500 Friday, March 22, 2019 Brainstorming forum held for next Master Plan Manager Christopher Chagros holds up a sea otter stuff ed animal, a new prize this year, before the Spring Carnival’s opening on Wednesday. By Tara Vocino W ith the arrival of spring comes the arrival of the Fiesta Shows Spring Carnival to Revere. “This carnival is one of the longest pieces of Americana left,” General Manager Christopher Chagros said Wednesday on-site. “It’s good times at a reasonable price, and we come to you.” During the three and a half weeks of the show, Chagros said, Revere residents are some of the most loyal patrons, bringing out 3,000 guests to the Showcase Cinemas parking lot last year. “They really come out strong,” Chagros said. “It may be cold at night, but they’ve been cooped up all winter.” Organized by 75 employees, the carnival will feature 26 rides, a dozen games and six food stands. The crowd’s favorite ride is the Freak Out, which is a pendulum that swings back and forth. A favorite game is the balloon bust, where guests throw darts in order to squirt water, he said. And Italian sausage is the crowd’s favorite pick for FIESTA | SEE PAGE 5 $2.57 GALLON Regular Unleaded $2.399 Mid Unleaded $2.639 Super $2.699 Diesel Fuel $2.879 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.699 ANGELO’S "Over 40 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2019 FULL SERVE HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS From left to right are Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wendy Millar Page, School Committee Vice Chair Carol Tye, Revere CARES Director Sylvia Chiang Raposo, parent Olga Tacure, Beachmont Improvement Committee Member Edward Deveau, and Women Encouraging Empowerment Board Member Fatou Drammeh; they held a roundtable discussion at City Hall on Tuesday about the feedback received from the winter kick-off at Rumney Marsh Academy. By Tara Vocino T he Steering Committee and Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) recently presented a summary review of the city’s next Master Plan based on feedback that was received during the January Kick-Off meeting. The Kick-Off was held on Jan. 15 at Rumney Marsh Academy, where approximately 225 residents came out and voiced their opinions on how to improve the city. A Next Stop Revere community forum will be held on April 10 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Revere High School to address housing, economic development, historic/cultural resources and land use. Another forum on May 8 or May 9 will address transportation/mobility, open space and recreation, sustainability and public health. A fi - nal plan will be presented to the Planning Board in the winter of 2020. “People want to see commitment and people to follow through,” Beachmont Improvement Committee Member Edward Deveau said. School Committee Vice Chairman Carol Tye said she is disappointed, because she saw that one to two people went to every board and wrote negative comments, but she didn’t see them as representing the city. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wendy Millar Page said there was a sense of excitement. “People want to give their input,” Millar Page said. “Don’t lose that momentum.” MAPC Chief of Economic Development Betsy Cowan said it was helpful to see the concerns that came up. Traffi c, aff ordable housing, and “No more housing” topped the list. “I would have thought that traffi c would have been number one, but aff ordable housing is the biggest issue because of growth,” Deveau said. Tye suggested that affordable housing and traffi c could be viewed as the same topic. Citing the fatality that occurred last Christmas, Deveau added that street lighting and dark roadways are problem areas. Dean Harris of the Revere Housing Authority suggested that at the April forum they need to address good paying jobs and workforce development so that residents can afford to live in Revere. Conversation Commission Member David Eatough said Metropolitan Area Planning Council Chief of Economic Development Betsy Cowan had Steering Committee members weigh in on residents’ concerns at City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. (Advocate Photos by Tara Vocino) they need to ask more in-depth questions about concerns residents have regarding racism, and Kimberly Hanlon of North Suff olk Mental Health said residents wrote that drugs are a concern. FORUM | SEE PAGE 2 Prices subject to change FLEET
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