YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 36, No.14 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday 781-286-8500 Friday, April 10, 2026 City Welcomes New Police Officers, Promotions at City Hall Ceremony PUBLIC SAFETY: The City of Revere celebrated a Police Dept. swearing in and promotions ceremony at City Hall on Monday afternoon. Shown congratulating the offi - cers, were city offi cials, Mayor Patrick Keefe, Police Chief Maria LaVita, Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky, Ward 4 Councillor Paul Argenzio, Councillor-at-Large Joanne McKenna, City Council Vice President Angela Guarino-Sawaya, State Rep. Jessica Giannino, School Committee members Anthony Caggiano and John Kingston, Brian Chapman, Thomas Malone and Glenn Malley congratulated the new offi cers. See inside for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Iconic Chicago deep dish pizza, Uno Pizzeria & Grill, reopens in Revere Celebrates Grand Reopening with free pizza for a year giveaway Special to Th e Advocate he original inventors of Chicago deep dish pizza, UNO Pizzeria & Grill, have reopened in Revere, Massachusetts. And they celebrated in true Chicago style with a Grand Reopening party on Thursday, April 2, 2026, right ahead of National Deep Dish Pizza Day. On Thursday, April 2, the new local owner of UNO Pizzeria & Grill Revere, Amalia Korom, hosted a Grand Reopening party featuring a raffl e for free pizza for a year (plus swag and gift cards), food, drinks UNO PIZZERIA | SEE Page 2 Mayor Patrick Keefe is shown with new restaurant owners Amalia Korom and Dee Dee Edmondson-Korom at the Grand Reopening. (Photo credit City of Revere/Facebook) T Commission OKs Route 16 bridge replacement project; work to begin this year Advocate Staff Report A t their meeting last week, the Conservation Commission unanimously approved the Notice of Intent for the upcoming work replacing the Route 16 Revere Beach Parkway Bridge that runs over Broadway. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has determined the bridge is near the end of its functional life. The recent priority repairs made to areas of deterioration were done to improve safety and ensure existing traffi c lanes can remain open during the replacement project. Commission members questioned staff from Howard Stein Hudson, the engineering fi rm leading the project, about schedules, traffic plans, landscaping catch basins and drainage plans. The nearly $19 million project, with the Federal Highway Administration picking up 80 percent of the tab and MassDOT paying the rest, is expected to begin later this year and will take three years to complete. Work will take place in three stages meant to cut down on traffic disruption. During construction, two-way traffi c on the Parkway will continue. According to MassDOT, the median barrier will be removed and there will be temporary lane shifts. Work will start on the south side of the bridge with traffi c moving to the cenBRIDGE | SEE Page 5
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