YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 35, No.30 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday Revere Public Schools PTA Member and Substitute Teacher Charlotte Osgood honored as 2025 Commonwealth Heroine Special to Th e Advocate L ast month the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women recognized the 2025 Commonwealth Heroine Award honorees. The annual awards ceremony took place at the State House and honors women across the Commonwealth for their extraordinary contributions to their local communities through public and community service. Among this year’s honorees is Revere resident Charlotte Osgood, a Revere Public Schools PTA member and substitute teacher, who was nomiOSGOOD | SEE Page 5 781-286-8500 Friday, July 25, 2025 nated by Representative Jessica Giannino (D-Revere). Since Charlotte was unable to attend the ceremony, Rep. Giannino and Mayor Patrick Keefe presented her with offi cial citations at the Mayor’s Offi ce later on. Former Wonderland property owner back in court for full $29.5M appraised amount Advocate Staff Report Pictured from left to right: Mayor Patrick Keefe, State Representative Jessica Giannino, nominee of the 2025 Commonwealth Heroine Award Charlotte Osgood and sons Jonathan Osgood and Christopher Osgood. (Photo courtesy State Rep. Giannino’s Offi ce) International Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival Begins Friday T he Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival is back! This renowned event will feature a weekend fi lled with art from our master sand sculptors, and family fun! This festival brings in hundreds of thousands to Revere Beach over the three-day course. FESTIVAL | SEE Page 3 ith a settlement of the eminent domain lawsuit against the City of Revere nowhere in sight, the plaintiff , CBW Lending LLC, has been back in court requesting a judge to order the City to pay the full $29.5 million that the Wonderland property was appraised for at the time it was taken as the site for the new high school. The lawsuit is not about the validity of the taking, according to the attorney representing the plaintiff , but the $29.5 million in compensation for the property, which CBW considers woefully inadequate. Attorney Peter Flynn, who represents CBW, has said $100 million is a more realistic value for Wonderland. However, the City has failed to pay even the full $29.5 million, which was the fair market value of the site determined by a real estate appraiser at the time of the taking. According to Flynn, “ Per W G.L. c. 79, upon the taking, payment of the full, appraisal-based ‘pro tanto’ amount is to be tendered to the landowner. That did not happen in this case.” What happened was that the City, without any statutory or other authority, withheld $541,166.69 of the award under the guise that CBW Lending owed the City of Revere unrelated parking license fees and/or rent. More specifically, the City withheld $53,666.69 for purportedly owed tenant parking/storage and license fees. Such withholdings or deductions are not allowed by statute or for any other reasons in this case. Flynn explained that prior to the taking CBW was challenging the City on parking issues in Suffolk Superior Court. CBW was seeking to establish its rights to use its property for parking purposes. It was the City’s position that CBW’s use of the property for parking was not authorized under the City’s zoning and municipal code. However, the City fi led no counterclaim for monetary damages WONDERLAND | SEE Page 3
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