Your Local News Source for Over 30 Years! r Local News So e for Ov r 30 Years! Vol. 31, No.29 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 781-286-8500 Friday, July 22, 2022 18th Annual International Sand Sculpting Festival Comes to Revere Beach This Weekend Over a million people expected to attend the three-day event Advocate Staff Report REVERE, MA – July 14th , 2022 – In the weeks leading up to the 18th Annual International Sand Sculpting Festival, the Revere Beach Partnership is excited to announce the full schedule of the festival weekend. With this year’s theme being “Wonders of the World”, we are excited to have many of the event elements return in full after a modifi ed year in 2021 including having master sand sculptors from all over the world create unbelievable works of art in sand. The 15 Master Sand Sculptors will be competing for $15,000 in total prizes with the competition beginning on Wednesday at 8am and going until Saturday during the festival weekend at 12pm. Learn more about the master sand sculptors here: https://www.interLOCAL FAVORITE: Saugus resident Deb Barrett-Cutulle worked on the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival “Wonders of the World” main attraction on Monday. See page 12 for photos and this weekend’s festival schedules. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) nationalsandsculptingfestival. com/sculptors/ Both Friday and Saturday’s festival hours are 10am to 10pm hours while Sunday’s hours are 10am to 8pm. In addition to the sand sculptures, the event features live music throughout on the main stage, amusements for families, street performers, Food truck and food vendors and exhibitors. On Friday, July 22nd the Sunset Soiree at Mission Beach House will occur from 6pm to 9pm. All participants will enjoy refreshing drinks, delicious canapes, live music, and amazing views of Revere Beach while all proceeds will benefi t the Revere Beach Partnership. Buy your tickets to this exclusive event here: https://rbissf.com/sunsetsoiree/ On Saturday, July 23rd , there at 6:00 PM there will be a speaking program and contest FESTIVAL | SEE Page 16 Powers Returns to Ward 5 Council Seat in Special Election Win By Adam Swift I t wasn’t a very long time away from the City Council for John Powers. The former Ward 5 Councillor easily topped the ticket in a three-way Special Election to fi ll out the term of Al Fiore. Fiore defeated Powers for the Ward 5 seat in 2021, but earlier this year stepped down from offi ce due to medical reasons. Powers, who served as the ward councillor for more than two decades before losing to Fiore, garnered 464 votes on Tuesday. Former Councillor-at-Large Linda Santos Rosa and former Ward 5 challenger Ron Clark each received 260 votes. There was no primary in the race, and the top vote getter was declared the winner. UnofJOHN POWER Councillor-Elect fi cially, 987 of the 5,572 registered voters in Ward 5 cast ballots, for a turnout of just under 18 percent. “I thought it was excellent, it was a good win and I doubled my vote, more or less,” said Powers, who will get to jump back in as a full-time councillor, one of his calling cards in recent years. “Mayor Curley wrote a book called ‘I’d Do It Again,’ I’d write a book called ‘I Did It Again,’” said Powers. “I’m happy, but now it is time to get on with my agenda and get some positive work done.” There are several big projects happening in Ward 5 that Powers had a major hand in before his loss to Fiore last year, and he said work is continuing apace on those. Land is being cleared for the new Point of Pines fi re station, and Powers said work should begin soon and that it will be a major accomplishment for the ward. “There’s also the boatyard at Mills Avenue; for years residents were worried about apartments coming to the boatyard,” said Powers. Now, the city has purchased the boatyard and is in the process of developing a community boating and rowing center with programs for students. “There’s a lot of scholarship money from universities and colleges for crew and rowing programs, and now [Revere students] may be able to obtain some of those scholarships when they see they were able to participate in a rowing program,” said Powers.
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