H & Happy Memorial Day! Vol.30, No.21 -FREEwww.advocatenews.netws.net Free Every Friday Baseball Pats Back in Action 781-286-8500 Friday, May 28, 2021 City of Revere Memorial Day Exercises May 31 Veterans Service Offi ce to host ceremony on American Legion Lawn T he Revere Veterans Service Office will host Memorial PATRIOT LEADERS: Seniors during Monday’s Opening Day winning game at Glendale Park in Everett; pictured from left to right are Tyler Minasian, Kasey Cummings, Richard DiMarzo and Calvin Boudreau. See page 14 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Upgrades on the way for tracking parking permits Will help track visitor parking pass violators By Adam Swift T he city’s parking department should soon be able to keep track of and ticket outof-towners violating Revere’s visitor parking pass program. During the City Council meeting last Monday night, Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna introduced a motion pushing for improved software to monitor the visitor parking pass. City Parking Director Jim Rose said the city has been working with the software provider to take care of the issue and that it should be resolved in the next week. “It was brought to my attention by the parking enforcers that they don’t have the ability to monitor their visitor passes because they don’t have the app to scan the SKU,” said McKenna. “That means people with JOANNE McKENNA Ward 1 Councillor visitor’s passes can park as long as they want in front of someone’s residence, sometimes for months. There is a 10-day rule in the ordinance that you can only park for 10 days and then you have to move your car.” Rose said the issue with handheld devices the parking enforcement offi cers use to track visitor pass abuse is being addressed with the software company, Kelly & Ryan. “We addressed this with Kelly & Ryan a couple of months ago, and at that time they ordered new upgraded devices to resolve the problem and added updated features to the devices that we received less than a month ago,” said Rose. “Unfortunately, we continue to have the same issue with the tracking feature. I’ve been in touch with Kelly & Ryan’s IT development, and they assure me they will have the function of tracking registration numbers up and working correctly by the end of the week.” Even without the tracking devices working correctly, Rose said, the parking enforcement offi cers have been able to stay on top of parking violators. “If you see a car that is from out of state, and when you are doing this every night and you are out there every day, they are very easy to identify after a period of time,” said Rose. “My parking control offi cers have issued many tickets for visitor permits. Ideally, we’ll have it up and functioning within a week. I wanted to let you know that we have worked on it and we are working on it, and, hopefully, it will all be resolved in a week and we’ll be able to do it with the digital device.” Day Exercises on the American Legion Lawn at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 2021. This year the ceremony will be open to the public; 2020 Memorial Day Exercises were strictly virtual. “For many, Memorial Day means the beginning of summer, the start of warm weather, and a long weekend. For the Gold Star families and friends of those we’ve lost in combat, it’s a day to remember their fallen heroes,” said Veterans Service Offi ce Director Marc Silvestri. “Men like Glenn Swell, Ryan King, and many others like them have left to serve our country and never came home. It’s our responsibility to continue to keep the tradition of honoring our fallen on Memorial Day. All gave some, some gave all.” The Master of Ceremonies for the event will be Silvestri, and it will include a Benediction from Pastor Tim of First Congregational Church, the laying of wreaths, musical selections, the playing of taps and a recitation of the Names of the Fallen. The guest speakCEREMONY | SEE Page 20 In Solemn Memory of our Fallen Heroes Veterans Service Offi cer Marc Silvestri places a fl ag in front of a veteran’s grave this week for Memorial Day. See page 11 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino)
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