YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 36, No.23 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday Revere seniors celebrate graduation from PCSS I & II Revere graduate Merisa Kllomollari was Valedictorian O n Friday, May 29, 2026, Pioneer Charter School of Science I (Everett) and II (Saugus) honored their Class of 2026 in a joint graduation ceremony at the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in Boston, celebrating a resilient and high-achieving group of students who are now headed to some of the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities. Among the graduates were 18 students from GRADUATION | SEE Page 5 781-286-8500 Friday, June 12, 2026 Teamsters Local 25 awards scholarship to Revere’s Angel Romero Morales Union provides scholarships to children and grandchildren of members and retirees to help launch their college experience Special to Th e Advocate T eamsters Local 25 proudly awarded 37 scholarships totaling $74,000 to the children and grandchildren of members and retirees — the largest scholAWARDS | SEE Page 2 Revere students (from left to right): Top row: Angel Romero, Douaa Laebousse, Dominick Rodriguez Monzon, Elyess Boutarf, Mounib Darouich, Sophia Faddouli, Alaa Hassan, Sabrina Bocaneli and Nabil Fenni; front row: Stephane Raymond, Aidan Tum, Douaa Abboubi, Hajar Boujad, Sara Aazim, Sofi a Salhi, Dila Berksan, Jaselaine Leveillard, Merisa Kllomollari. City Council Approves Utility Rate Hike as MWRA Costs Climb By Barbara Taormina T he City Council approved a four percent hike in water and sewer rates, setting the new rates at $5.25 per hundred cubic feet for residential property and $8.70 per HCF for commercial property. Councillors-at-Large Michelle Kelley and Marc Silvestri voted against the rate increase, both saying that after last year’s increase of 9.7 percent an additional four percent this year CONGRATULATIONS: Teamsters Local 25 President Tom Mari, left, presented a scholarship to Revere resident Angel Romero Morales during a recent ceremony. (Courtesy photo) was too much. “In two years, to ask residents to see a nearly 14 percent increase in their water bills, it’s a lot,” said Kelley. Silvestri agreed and said, “I have a huge problem with another raise. People can’t aff ord to put gas in their cars or food on the table.” But Chief Financial Officer Richard Viscay said the increase is a result of the Massachusetts Water Resources AuthoriAPPROVES | SEE Page 10
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