YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 34, No.36 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Football Pats gear up for 2024 season with a young, energetic squad By Dom Nicastro A s the Revere High School football team prepares to open its 2024 season Friday night at home against Whittier Tech (6 p.m.), Head Coach Lou Cicatelli is optimistic about what lies ahead despite some signifi cant challenges. The PaFOOTBALL PATS | SEE Page 7 Lydia Edwards State Senator Atty. John Deaton US Senate Challenger Revere voters see little change in state primary races Republicans Deaton and Tamas will face Democrat incumbents in Nov. By Barbara Taormina T TEAM LEADERS: Captains, shown from left to right, are: Danny Hou, Darian Martinez, Head Coach Louis Cicatelli, Geo Woodward and Adam Lemus. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Sen. Markey joins Amazon workers, Teamsters in Revere to demand protections for warehouse workers Special to Th e Advocate R ecently, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who is chair of the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, joined Amazon warehouse workers and labor leaders in Revere to urge passage of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act. This Act mandates protecting warehouse workers by prohibiting dangerous work speed quotas that lead to high rates of worker injuries and also mandates requiring companies to disclose what quotas apply to workers. “I am proud to stand with warehouse workers to call attention to the exploitative and dangerous conditions at Amazon. Companies like Amazon would rather protect their bottom line than protect the SEN. MARKEY | SEE Page 4 State Representative Jessica Giannino addresses the attendees at Sen. Ed Markey looks on. (Courtesy photo) his week’s state primary was relatively quiet with few contests on the ballot. In Revere, 3,730, or 11 percent, of the city’s 32,117 registered voters went to the polls to vote for congressional and statehouse candidates. In true blue Revere, 1,101, or 27 percent, of the total votes cast were in the Republican primary, which included a loud three-way race for the uphill opportunity to face off against incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren on the November ballot. In that race, Revere Republicans joined the rest of the state’s GOP and supported attorney John Deaton over Robert Antonelli and Ian Cain, but not by much. Deaton came out on top with 472 votes, followed by Antonelli with 470 votes and Cain, who ended the night with 52 votes. Revere Dems gave Warren, who ran unopposed, 2,295 votes, or 85 percent of the turnout. U.S. Rep Katherine Clark, who was also unopposed, still saw a total of 2,338, or 87 percent of the votes cast. At the state level, Governor’s Councillor Terrence Kennedy, State Senator Lydia Edwards and State Representatives Jessica Giannino and Jeff rey Rosario Turco ran unopposed, but only Edwards will have a contest in November. Allison Cartwright won the Revere Democratic vote for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court over Erin Murphy, 1,227 to 1077. In the primary race for Clerk of Superior Court (civil business), John Powers III won over Faustina Kathy Gabriel. Maura Hennigan ran unopposed for Clerk of Superior Court (Criminal Business). Stephen Murphy ran unopposed for register of deeds. Stephanie Everett was also unopposed in the race for register of probate. Neither Murphy nor Everett will face an opponent in November. In addition to selecting Deaton to run against Warren, local Republicans voted for Jeanna Marie A. Tamas, who will challenge incumbent Sen. Lydia Edwards. triots, coming off a promising fi nish to the 2023 season, will open their campaign with six 781-286-8500 Friday, September 6, 2024
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