Common Sense • Fiscal Responsibility • Experience ANTHONY T. ZAMBUTO Name on the Ballot Common Sense • Fiscal Responsibility • Experience 5th paid political advertisement Vol. 35, No.44 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday City Council seeks historical landmark designation for Columbus statue By Barbara Taormina F ive years ago, there were calls and a petition to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus at 250 Revere St. at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Some residents argued that Columbus participated in the murders and enslavement of millions of Indigenous people and the statue at the Church was a tribute to genocide and colonialism. This week the City Council joined together to sponsor and support a motion to request that state Rep. Jeff rey Turco and the Mass. Historical Commission collaborate with the Archdiocese of Boston to nominate Revere’s statue of Columbus as a national historic landmark. Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna, COLUMBUS | SEE Page 7 Statue of Christopher Columbus at St. Anthony of Padua Church (Advocate fi le photo) ELECTION 2025 Three Challengers vie for At-Large Council seats By Barbara Taormina W hen voters head to the polls next month, they will choose fi ve people from a slate of eight candidates in the city councillor-at-large race. Five of those candidates, Robert Haas, Juan Pablo Jaramillo, Michelle Kelley, Marc Silvestri and Anthony Zambuto, are incumbents seeking reelection. And the three new faces in the at-large race are not really new. Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna, Anthony Parziale and Wayne Rose, who are running at-large, have histories of community service and activism. ELECTION 2025 | SEE Page 6 Daylight Savings Ts Time Endsme Ends Sa ht Sav Saturturday Night! Tu gh Turn Your Clock BacBack 1 Hourk 1 Hour! 781-286-8500 Friday, October 31, 2025 Councillors support motion for citywide message boards promoting Election Day By Barbara Taormina T he City Council supported a motion from Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna that the Police Department place electronic message boards around the city reminding residents there is an election and to vote on Tuesday, November 4. It has been a quiet election cycle with most of the campaigns playing out on people’s front porches as candidates stump door-to-door. Turnout in Revere for elections with no mayoral or presidential race has been low. Even in 2023, with the hotly contested mayoral race been Mayor Patrick Keefe and former City Councillor Dan Rizzo, only 31 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out. Back in 2021, with no big races on the ballot, only 20 percent of the electorate went to the polls. Election Commissioner Danielle Pietrantonio said 200 people have come in to vote early and there were 1,700 requests for mail-in ballots. As of Tuesday, Oct. 28, 940 Revere voters have cast early ballots. This year’s races for both City Council and School Committee are heavy with incumbents. Five of the eight atlarge candidates are councillors seeking reelection. The only race for a ward councillor seat is in ward 1; incumbents are running unopposed in the other wards. SUPPORT | SEE Page 4
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