Your Local News in 6 Languages! Scan Here to Subscribe! Vol. 33, No.38 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Rizzo and Keefe to face off in November’s General Election Revere voters cast ballots for mayor, at-large, ward races 781-286-8500 Friday, September 22, 2023 City Hosts Primary Day Election SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Shown from left to right: School Committeeman Fred Sannella, Michael DiLiegro, Ralph Ciano, Jane Rizzo, candidate Dan Rizzo, Allan Pechner, and Pompeo Colarusso and held signs outside of the AC Whelan School on Tuesday. See page 12 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) DAN RIZZO Candidate for mayor By James Mitchell and Barbara Taormina O ver 6,600 registered Revere voters out of 30,000 headed to the polls on Primary Day on Tuesday to cast ballots for a new mayor and a new City Council, depending on the General Election’s outcome in November. In the highly contested mayoral race between four city councillors, Dan Rizzo received 2,627, 39%, to runner-up Patrick Keefe, Jr.’s 2,488 votes (37%), followed by Gerry Visconti’s 886 votes and Steven Morabito’s 608 votes. RizPATRICK KEEFE, JR. Acting Mayor zo and Keefe head into the November 7 General Election with both promising a careful and cautious approach to any future developments. However, they diff er signifi cantly over the new high school, with Keefe having staunchly supported a building at Wonderland and Rizzo favoring the use of the existing site as more fi scally responsible. "We're happy the election went the way it did and we look forELECTION | SEE Page 8 Building height, athletic fields top Councillors’ concerns with RHS project manager By Barbara Taormina B rian Dakin, senior project manager for the new Revere High School project, was at the City Council meeting last week with an update on plans for the building on the existing site. School and city offi cials are now considering three diff erent options, with the major difference among them being the number of stories in the academic section of the building. The city will decide whether to move forward with four, fi ve or six stories. Dakin told councillors four stories has been the most common choice for new school buildings. While a six-story building will use less of the available site, Dakin said that height is relatively rare in school districts in Massachusetts and will likely impact academic programming. Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro asked which of those options would be the cheapest. Dakin explained diff erent factors drive costs, but said, “To be honest, they will be pretty similar.” However, he added that the BUILDING | SEE Page 8 Mayoral Candidates Celebrate Primary Win Shown at left, the Rizzo family celebrated their win at Casia Lucia, from left to right; Dan Rizzo, wife Jane, son Nicholas, girlfriend Shauna Houle and sister-in-law Virginia Fitzgerald. Shown at right, from left to right; Keefe’s campaign manager Elvira Mora, Andrea Chiesa O’Brien, wife, Jennifer, Patrick and Donald Boudreau celebrate at Fine Line. More Primary photo highlights inside. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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