Your Local News & Sports in 6 Languages! Scan Here! Vol. 34, No.12 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Rep. Giannino hosts successful Climate Workshop at City Hall 781-286-8500 Friday, March 22, 2024 Shown from left to right are Councillors-at-Large Juan Pablo Jarmillo and Robert Haas III, Mayor Patrick Keefe, Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya, State Rep. Jessica Giannino and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Executive Director Chris Mancini during the recent Climate Workshop at City Hall. By Barbara Taormina S tate Rep. Jessica Giannino led a public climate change workshop sponsored by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission and Save the Harbor/ Save the Bay this week. Giannino, who serves on the Commission, said she was glad to hold a workshop in Revere in order to better understand what matters most to residents. “Revere is a barrier beach Seniors face off with plovers for beach space; state wildlife offer solution A piping plover on a beach (Courtesy of allaboutbirds.org) By Barbara Taormina T he Metropolitan Beaches Commission, which oversees Greater Boston’s 15 public beaches, including Revere Beach, met this week with a room full of residents who have had it with the Piping Plover. The small, puff y, brown and white beach birds are back nesting on beaches that line the North Shore. The plovers, which feed on insects that live on the beach, making it more hospitable for people, are listed as threatened or endangered by federal and state wildlife agencies. As a result, the Mass. Fish and Game Department fences off large sections of the beaches to protect the plovers during nesting season, which runs from late spring to July or August. The plover population is rebounding, but the Revere population is tired of the birds taking over the beach. Mike Savio, of the Tenant’s Association at Jack Satter House, said he and the tenants support protecting the birds. “But if this is an inconvenience for seniors, if the placement of nests is where seniors want to be, it’s a problem,” Savio told the Commission. Savio said that every year PLOVERS | SEE Page 17 R which is incredibly important to our ecosystem,” said Giannino, adding that it’s important for residents to help shape the future of the beach while it undergoes changes related to climate. “Revere Beach is one of the reShown during the recent Climate Workshop at City Hall are State Rep. Jessica Giannino and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Executive Director Chris Mancini and his staff members. gion’s top resources, “said Mayor Patrick Keefe. “We’re grateful to have Rep. Giannino at the state level protecting that resource.” Chris Mancini of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay said much work has been done to clean local beaches and water and to connect communities to these natural resources. “Change is coming,” said Mancini. “It’s inevitable.” CLIMATE | SEE Page 19 Revere High School Ice Hockey Co-Captain awarded George Fabiano Alumni Award By Tara Vocino evere High School ice hockey team Co-Captain Ollie Svendsen awarded the George Fabiano Alumni Award during Tuesday’s banquet at Prince Pizza. The co-op team includes players from Revere, Everett, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School and Malden high schools (REMM). Revere High School hockey player Ollie Svendsen received the George Fabiano Alumni Award during Tuesday’s REMM Ice Hockey banquet at Prince Pizza. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino)
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