YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 36, No.39 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday Revere Swears In First Woman Fire Captain in Department History 781-286-8500 Friday, October 2, 2026 City of Revere celebrates completion of rooftop solar project at DPW New 236 kW solar array expected to generate nearly 294,000 kWh annually and deliver nearly $1.15 million in savings over 20 years Special to Th e Advocate T he City of Revere and Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. are celebrating the completion of a new rooftop solar project at the Department of Public Works (DPW), which was CELEBRATES | SEE Page 4 Fire Captain Erin Leary, the first woman to serve as a captain in Revere’s history, is joined by family and friends Monday during her swearing-in ceremony at City Hall. From left are her sister, Heather Leary, a Nahant police sergeant; family friend Larry Carifio; boyfriend David Carifio; brother-in-law David Stankowski; stepdaughter Sarah Parsons; father Daniel Leary; and daughter Sophia Leary. See inside for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) POWER UP: Mayor Patrick Keefe is all smiles as he fl ips the switch celebrating the completion of the rooftop solar project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Dept. of Public Works building. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) City Council to consider $16.5 million bond for Wonderland site settlement Advocate Staff Report T he Revere City Council will hold a public hearing on Oct. 26 on a proposed $16.5 million bond authorization to fund the settlement of the city’s eminent domain taking of the Wonderland site, where the new Revere High School is being built. Earlier this month, the city and property owner CBW Lending reached a settlement over the more than 30-acre site. Revere took the property through eminent domain in November 2022 for $29.5 million as part of plans to construct the new high school. The settlement brings the total cost of the Wonderland property to $46 million, according to Revere Finance Director Richard Viscay. “This will settle the lawsuit at an overall price of $46,000,000 for the Wonderland site,” Viscay wrote in a letter to the City Council. “This settlement is very important to the City, as it removes a large ‘pending liability’ to the City as it relates to both our fi nancial advisors and bond counsel, as well as allows us to utilize actual amounts when forecasting the fi nal cost of the construction of the new Revere High School.” Despite the additional cost associated with the property, Viscay said the overall project budget is expected to remain unchanged. The city currently has more than $24 million in potential savings against the original $493 million construction budget authorization. On the advice of bond counsel, Viscay said, the city is seeking a separate $16.5 million bond authorization for “land acquisition.” Once the high school project is completed, the city plans to rescind an equal amount from the previously authorized $493 million bond, Viscay said. He added that bond counsel has advised the city to vote on all bond rescissions after the project is completed and the city has received all reimbursements from the Commonwealth. Mayor Patrick Keefe briefly addressed the council about the proposed bond authorization during Monday night’s meeting. “We are still under the budget and in really good fi nancial standing for the project as a whole, but most importantly, we are really past this stage of worrying about a court judgment that could be really painful,” Keefe said. “We are really happy to move on and to continue building a school and have it ready for our students and our families in the next couple of years.”
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