YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE! SCAN & SUBSCRIBE HERE! Vol. 34, No.25 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Mayoral Leadership Awards Presented at City Hall Ceremony 781-286-8500 Friday, June 21, 2024 Councillors witness to Boston sports history; resolution filed congratulating the Boston Celtics By Tara Vocino W ard 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky, in true Celtic Pride, was lucky enough to be at the Celtics game on Monday at the TD Garden when they won their 18th NOVOSELSKY | SEE Page 8 Championship. “It was very emotional,” Novoselsky said on Tuesday. “It was my fi rst Celtics championship Final game — it was so exciting.” Students in fi fth and eighth grades received Mayoral Leadership Awards last Thursday afternoon in the City Council Chambers. Shown from left, Asst. Superintendent Dr. Richard Gallucci, City Council Vice President Ira Novoselsky, Mayor Patrick Keefe, Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Commissioner and former mayor Brian Arrigo, Ward 5 Councillor Angela GuarinoSawaya and former School Committee Member Carol Tye congratulated the award recipients. See page 12-13 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Revere Celebrates Juneteenth, the Abolishment of Slavery Ward 2 Councillor/City Council Vice President Ira Novoselsky was in the stands during the Celtics championship win on Monday night at the TD Garden. Pictured with Novoselsky is former Celtics coach and current Celtics General Manager Brad Stevens. (Courtesy photo, Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky) Council subcommittee moves forward on citywide composting ordinance By Barbara Taormina T he City Council’s Subcommittee on Climate, Sustainability, and Workforce voted to move a proposal for an ordinance on citywide composting to a public hearing. Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya, who cosponsored the motion for citywide composting with Subcommittee Chairman Juan Pablo Jaramillo, said she is thrilled with the proposal. “Anyone who cares about the environment will vote yes for this,” said Guarino-Sawaya. “It will save the city millions and millions of dollars.” She also said composted material — “a dark, crumbly, earthy-smelling, biologically stable soil amendment” — will help shoreline neighborhoods. Compost, which consists of food scraps and other organic waste, is an eff ective way to deal SUBCOMMITTEE | SEE Page 2 Shown from left to right: School Committee Member John Kingston, event host Steven Morabito, guest speaker Nicole McClain, Mayor Patrick Keefe, School Committee Members Aisha Millbury Ellis and Anthony Caggiano, Councillor-At-Large Robert Haas, Ward 4 Councillor Paul Argenzio and guest speaker Asst. RPS Supt. of Equity and Inclusion/Chair of the Equity Advisory Board Dr. Lourenço Garcia. See page 14 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino)
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