Page 4 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 FEMA awards nearly $1.4M to Revere for COVID-19 public health measures Advocate Staff Report Those included leasing an T he Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $1.4 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Revere for the costs of steps taken to protect the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1,388,235 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the city for a variety of public health protection initiatives it undertook between May 2020 and September 2021. office trailer for a COVID-19 testing site and purchasing tests; purchasing a cargo trailer to stockpile a 60-day supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for emergency personnel; purchasing and delivering meals to seniors and quarantined residents unable to leave their homes; disseminating information through signage, newspaper ads, educational booklets, pins, posters, banners and electronic messages; and using an interLawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lein * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net preter to disseminate information to Spanish-speaking residents. “FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the City of Revere with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Providing resources for our partners on the front lines of the pandemic fi ght is critical to their success, and our success as a nation.” FEMA’s Public Assistance program is an essential source of funding for states and communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency. So far, FEMA has provided nearly $1.3 billion in Public Assistance grants to Massachusetts to reimburse the Commonwealth for pandemic-related expenses. Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program is available at https:// www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribaland-non-profi t. To learn more about the COVID-19 response in Massachusetts, please visit https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4496. City welcomes in the season at weekend Fall Festival The City’s Parks & Recreation Dept. presented Saturday’s Fall Festival along Broadway. Inside the fall photo booth were Eddy, 20, Emi, 9, Meno, 14, and their mother, Norma Aguayo Gonzalez, during Saturday’s Fall Festival along Broadway. Violin Vivian performed along Broadway. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Garfield Elementary School third grader Herbert Espinoza, 8, played tic-tac-toe, moving miniature white pumpkins around. La Rockola Boston entertained.
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