THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 Page 11 Broadway Business meeting slated for May 25 M ayor Brian Arrigo and the Office of Planning & Development, in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), will cohost a Broadway Business Recovery Plan Meeting on Tuesday, May 25 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. The community meeting for the Broadway Business District is part of a larger planning and recovery initiative to improve the city’s central business district for business owners and consumers. The meeting will discuss the results of a business characteristics survey completed by business owners in April, impressions of the corridor from a stakeholder site walk and initial branding and place-making recommendations for the area. A question and answer period will follow the presentation, and public comments are welcome. Revere was chosen to receive technical assistance from MAPC to stimulate recovery and minimize the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on Broadway businesses through a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s Local Rapid Recovery Planning program. The City of Revere will continue to engage business owners, consumers and residents throughout the summer to develop shortand long-term changes that will promote businesses and civic engagement. The Broadway Business Recovery Plan Meeting will be held virtually. Business owners, consumers and residents are welcome and must preregister for the meeting at www.revere.org/ broadwaybiz. Spanish interpretation will be available, and the meeting will be recorded on Revere TV. For more information about the meeting, please email the City of Revere’s Small Business Team at smallbusiness@revere.org. Chelsea Jewish Hospice Seeking Volunteers CHELSEA, MA (May 2021) --Chelsea Jewish Hospice is seeking volunteers to offer companionship 1-2 hours per week to individuals facing terminal illness who reside in Chelsea and surrounding areas. Volunteers can make a huge difference for patients through activities such as holding a hand, listening to music, running an errand, or even just sitting quietly. Musicians, certifi ed pet therapy teams, and those trained in alternative modalities such as Reiki are also encouraged to apply. Chelsea Jewish Hospice is a team of health care professionals who work in collaboration to care for and support patients and their families facing a terminal illness. Care is provided to patients wherever they call home -- a skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, or private residence. A comprehensive training is provided, which is flexible to accommodate a variety of schedules. For more information on volunteering with Chelsea Jewish Hospice, please contact Jill at 617-889-0779 or email jhurley@chelseajewish.org. Revere Man charged in Stabbing by Manchester-By-TheSea Police MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA -Chief Todd Fitzgerald reports that the Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Department partnered with Revere Police and State Police to make a second arrest this morning following a stabbing in town earlier this month. According to the report, on May 9, Manchester-by-the-Sea Police responded to the area of School and North Streets at approximately 7:50 p.m. for a report of a man who had been stabbed. A man in his mid-thirties who had suff ered multiple stab wounds was located and taken by ambulance to Beverly Hospital. His injuries at that time were believed to be nonlife-threatening. Through a subsequent investigation in collaboration with the Lynn and Revere Police Departments, Jayson Vega-Castro was identifi ed and arrested. Vega-Castro was arraigned at Salem District Court by Judge Carol-Ann Fraser, and was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for May 26. Jayson Vega-Castro, Age 21, of Revere, has been charged with: Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Mayhem, Kidnapping, and Assault and Battery to Collect a Loan or Debt His is the second arrest following an incident where a man in his mid-thirties was stabbed on May 9 in the area of School and North Streets in Manchester. Manchester Police Lt. Mark McCoy, Sgt. Christopher Locke, and Offi cer Richard Chute met with Revere Police and State Troopers of the METRO VFAS (Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section) as well as the Massachusetts State Police VFAS this morning. The May 9 stabbing remains under active investigation by the Manchester-by-the-Sea Police, Revere Police and Massachusetts State Police.
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