Your Local News in 6 Languages! Scan Here to Subscribe! Vol. 32, No.29 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 781-286-8500 Friday, July 21, 2023 City dedicates basketball courts to late Robert “Ace” McCarrick John McCarrick with Coach John Leone and the new blood of Revere’s blacktop basketball players. Leone has taken up the torch from “Ace” McCarrick’s lead and is instrumental in Revere youth sports programs. (Advocate photo) By Barbara Taormina crowd of city offi cials, athletes and residents gathered at the basketball courts next to the Harry Della Russo Stadium A last week to rename and dedicate the site to a Revere legend. The city has renamed the facility the Robert “Ace” McCarrick Basketball Courts in honor of local hero Robert “Ace” McCarrick, who built Revere youth sports into the thriving and dynamic program it is today. Parks and Recreation Director Michael Hinojosa proposed the courts be named after McCelebrating 60 Years of Community Service Carrick last fall. The City Council enthusiastically agreed. “He was an ‘ace’ guy who did every sport and was a referee and a player. He did everything that is right for the citizens of Revere,” said Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky at that council meeting. Hinojosa emceed the dedicaLEGEND | SEE Page 16 Mayor, Police issue statements following moped accident injury By Barbara Taormina cting Mayor Patrick Keefe has issued a statement along with an advisory from Revere Police regarding the safe use of motorized scooters and mopeds. On Tuesday, a woman was hit A by a moped as she was getting off of an MBTA bus on American Legion Highway. Police arrived shortly before 4 p.m. and found the woman suff ering from a leg injury. She told police she was standing on the sidewalk when she was struck by a moped. The moped driver initially drove away but returned and identifi ed himself to police. The ACCIDENT | SEE Page 11 CONGRATULATIONS: Phil “Stix” Imperato was presented with the American Legion membership Award for being a member of Revere American Legion Post 61 for 60 years. Presenting the award is Revere Post 61 Commander James Sinatra. (Courtesy of Ira Novoselsky)
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