YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 35, No.13 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 781-286-8500 Friday, March 28, 2025 PROUD FAMILY: Mayor Keefe’s family members are shown during the State of the City Address last week, from left to right: brother, Joseph, father, Patrick Keefe, Sr., sister, Stephanie Herbert, First Lady Jennifer, mother, Lucille Keefe and daughter, Adriana Keefe. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Revere 2025 State of the City highlights Mayor outlined successes in public safety, infrastructure and community building, and delivered updates on important projects M ayor Patrick M. Keefe, Jr. delivered his second State of the City Address on Thursday, March 20, 2025, and was joined by Governor Maura Healey, State Senator Lydia Edwards, State Representatives Jessica Giannino and Jeff rey Turco, other elected offi cials, union representatives and City of Revere employees. Highlights of Mayor Keefe’s address: PUBLIC EDUCATION Mayor Patrick Keefe delivers his State of the City address. • The NEW Revere High School will break ground at the Wonderland site in late summer 2025. • Revitalizing the McKinley School will bring 200 early childhood education seats to Revere. • Revere High School Class of 2025 is headed to elite colleges, such as Brown, Tufts and Colby. COMMERCIAL GROWTH • In 2024, 82 NEW businesses opened their doors, because “a Revere address fosters success.” • Continued work at Suff olk Feminine hygiene products to be made available in all municipal buildings Special to Th e Advocate A n ordinance fi led by Councillor-at-Large Juan Pablo Jaramillo and Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya to make available in all Revere public buildings feminine hygiene products free of charge was adopted unanimously by the City Council during Monday night’s meeting. The ordinance, which was initiated from a conversation with Revere High School students, seeks to expand a program that already exists in the public schools to all municipal buildings. PRODUCTS | SEE Page 2 Downs guarantees union construction and permanent jobs in Revere. • Larger businesses, like Amazon, will continue to contribute tens of millions in tax revenue. PUBLIC SAFETY • The NEW Alden A. Mills Point of Pines Fire Station opens in late spring 2025. • The Revere Police welcomed fi ve NEW offi cers, several of whom are bilingual. • Partnering with Chelsea and Winthrop will bring an enhanced regional 911 call center to Revere. INFRASTRUCTURE • Water main improvement projects in the Oak Island and Library Street neighborhoods increase water quality for residents and water volume for public safety. STATE OF THE CITY | SEE Page 8 Councillors debate Zoning Board appointment process Advocate Staff Report T he City Council’s reaction to Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro’s proposal that the city’s appointed Zoning Board of Appeals be replaced with an elected ZBA was mixed. Cogliandro began his pitch with some numbers explaining to fellow councillors that since he was elected to the COUNCILLORS | SEE Page 7
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