RPS Bus School Routes & Schedules see pages 12 & 17RPS Bus School Routes & Schedules see pages 12 & 17 Vol. 31, No.34 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Derek’s Barber Shop owner joins forces with City to provide 30 free haircuts for Revere middle schoolers 781-286-8500 Friday, August 26, 2022 Traffic Commission approves permanent Broadway bus lane Will run along parking lane southerly side of Broadway from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday By Adam Swift T GIVING BACK: Lauren Buck, Director of the Revere Department of Public Health, with Mayor Brian Arrigo, barber Derek Anemoduris, and John Perella, Director of Youth Success and Engagement with back-to-school kits for the 30 middle schoolers who received free haircuts on Monday. Special to Th e Advocate O n Monday, August 22, a day when Derek’s Barber Shop on Park Avenue is typically closed, store owner and barber Derek Anemoduris opened his doors to provide 30 free hairhe weekday morning MBTA bus lane along Broadway will be permanent. At last week’s meeting, the Traffi c Commission approved the request to make the bus lane permanent, as well as some changes to the city’s traffi c ordinances. The bus lane runs along the parking lane on the southerly side of Broadway from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. The commission approved a $50 fi ne for vehicles that park in the bus lane when it is operational, which was a lower amount than the $100 initially proposed. “For the most part, this was a cuts for Revere public school students during the back-toschool season. Partnering with Revere-raised hairdresser Jenna Cirino and with the help of HAIRCUTS | SEE Page 20 The Doctor is in at ABC Cigar lot to get off the ground during the pilot, but once we got it going it seemed to be doing okay,” said Revere Transportation Coordinator Julie DeMauro. “In terms of travel time, what we have noticed, and we do have data to back it up, is that the bus lane has saved commuters at least three minutes travel time traveling through Revere Street all ANTHONY COGLIANDRO Ward 3 Councillor the way to the Chelsea line. We are in favor of this in the Department of Planning & Community Development.” Ward 3 City Councillor Anthony Cogliandro said he supported the bus lane, but did advocate for the essential lowering of the BUSLANE | SEE Page 10 Traffic Commission approves temporary changes on Sigourney and Derby By Adam Swift T he Traffic Commission approved a 60-day trial of new traffic patterns on Sigourney Street and Derby Road to address neighborhood concerns about motorists who use the two streets as a cut through between West Revere and Squire Road. Both streets are currently one-ways, but the 60-day plan will change the one-way directions for portions of the street. Derby Road is currently oneHAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Off ering his best wishes to the Moore family, owners of ABC Cigar on their 50th Anniversary was former White House physician Ronny Jackson who stopped by the Revere St. store recently. Pictured from left, Chris Moore, Dr. Jackson, Millie Moore, Dan Moore, and his daughter, Juliana. Dr. Jackson was the physician for three US Presidents; George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. way coming off Squire Road all the way to Malden Street. The change would make the lower half of Derby Road from Grover Street one way going out to Squire Road, while the upper half of the road toward Malden Street would remain unchanged. Conversely, Sigourney Street would switch to a one-way street going from Grover Street toward Malden Street, while the bottom half of the street heading toward Squire Road would remain unchanged. Ward 6 City Councillor Richard Serino said he hopes the changes will provide some relief for residents from motorists who use the two streets as cut throughs. Serino said he hopes to address traffi c issues on the other side streets in the neighborhood in the future. “On Derby Road, I would say that since Joe’s Market opened in 2013, and since Market Basket came to Northgate in 2014, and over the years with more traffi c in general on Squire Road and in our community, these residents of Derby Road have seen a draTRAFFIC | SEE Page 23
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