THE ADVOCATE - A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN REVERE FOR 30 YEARS! Vol.30, No.16 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Patriots Road Warriors 781-286-8500 Friday, April 23, 2021 City of Revere, DCR reach agreement for altered Revere Beach parking program Changes will prioritize resident only parking R ecently, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Jim Montgomery announced that the City of Revere and the Commonwealth have reached an agreement to alter existing plans for a parking meter program at Revere Beach. DCR’s initial plans for the proFRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: RHS Patriots Captains Jon Tran, Adetayo Atitebi, quarterback Calvin Boudreau and Ryan Doucette will will be on the road tonight, Friday at 6:00 p.m. to play GBL division opponent Lynn Classical at Manning Field in Lynn. See page 13 for GBL sports coverage. (Advocate fi le photo) Date set for RHS graduation at Della Russo Stadium By Adam Swift T here will be a return of Pomp and Circumstance for the Revere High School graduation for the Class of 2021, although with some of the expected COVID-19 restrictions. “We have identifi ed the night of Tuesday, June 8 at 6 p.m. as the night for our graduation ceremony,” said Revere High School Principal Dr. John Perella. The date has been approved by the School Committee, and the plan has been presented to city offi - cials, including the Police and Fire Departments and the Board of Health, said Perella. The ceremony will be held outside at Harry Della Russo Stadium, with each student eligible to receive two tickets for guests. Those guests will be sitting on the fi eld with the students to help ensure social distancing. “This is a minimized, smaller, controlled event that can take place and meet the needs of the students and their families to have a traditional graduation ceremony,” said Perella. “This is something that students have told us over and over again is their highest priority. Unfortunately, last year we were unable to do that, but this year it looks like we are a go for June 8 at 6 p.m.” Perella said the ceremony will GRADUATION | SEE Page 18 gram included metered parking along Revere Beach Boulevard from Eliot Circle to Carey Circle. Under the new agreement, no meters will be installed on the west side of Revere Beach Boulevard from Revere Street to Carey Circle, and instead nearly 200, 24/7 resident-only parking spaces will be created. Additionally, all of Ocean Avenue will be designated as 24/7 resident-only parking to deter park visitors seeking to avoid meter parking. The City of Revere will also make PARKING | SEE Page 17 Licensing Commission approves licenses for new Bianchi’s By Adam Swift B ianchi’s Pizza is returning to Revere Beach. On Wednesday afternoon, the Licensing Commission approved an all-alcohol license, as well as Common Victualler and entertainment licenses for Bianchi’s at the Sand Bar to operate at the former Renzo’s restaurant at 381 Revere Beach Blvd. Under the new arrangement, Maryann Wood will be the manager and owner of record of the new restaurant, while the Bianchi family will be dishing out the slices that have been family favorites on Revere Beach for decades. While there is still some work to be done inside the space, the Licensing Commission and offi - cials for the Fire and Inspectional Services Departments signed off on a plan allowing Bianchi’s to serve to-go slices out of a takeout window on the boulevard. There is still some work being done for a second kitchen at the property that will allow for the sale of food in addition to pizza inside the 92-seat restaurant. The original location of the local pizza favorite closed in 2018 after nearly seven decades in business. Over the past few years, it had been operating out of the nearby Renzo’s restaurant at 381 Revere Beach Blvd. until Renzo’s closed last November. LICENSING | SEE Page 18 RHS graduates celebrated following the school’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony. (File Photo)
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