CELEBRATING 30 YEARS AS REVERE’S LOCAL NEWSPAPER! Vol.30, No.44 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Giannino celebrates 30th birthday 781-286-8500 Friday, November 5, 2021 Incumbents lose seats on City Council, School Committee POLL WORKERS: State Rep. and Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino is shown with School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio, who is running for State Senate in the December Special Election (left) and Ward 6 Councillor Ricky Serino, seen campaigning at the Whelan School on Election Day. See page 22 for photo highlights. (Courtesy photo) By Adam Swift State Representative Jessica Giannino is shown with her cousin Joseph Giannino and former Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo during her 30th birthday celebration last Monday night at DeMaino’s Restaurant. See page 10 for photo highlights. Councillors request greater safety precautions at rotaries Impact to environment, history of crashes are causes for concern By Adam Swift E arly in October, an oil tanker truck jackknifed at Brown Circle, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the Saugus River. Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna and Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso are now asking that the mayor request the state’s transportation department to take some preventative measures at the city’s rotaries to help prevent further accidents. McKenna said there should be fl ashing warning lights or signs at Brown Circle warning trucks that the rotary is a rollover hazard. “On October 4, an oil tanker with 10,000 gallons of oil jackknifed going around Brown Circle and spilled oil onto the roadways,” said McKenna. “More importantly, it went into the Saugus River, affecting the wetlands, water lands, plants and wildlife. People sitting and eating at a local restaurant saw the oil passing by them.” The councillor said she is asking for the warning lights because this is not the fi rst time a major rollover and spill has happened at the rotary. Ward 5 Councillor John Powers said he got a call from a local lobster fi sherman who told him the oil went into the drainage system and carried all the way to the Pines River and the Point of Pines Yacht Club. He said the fi sherman had to throw away 182 lobsters he caught that day because of the spill. Powers said the hazards with heavy trucks extend beyond Brown Circle. “It’s not just Brown Circle, but every circle in the city where there’s heavy trucks coming into it,” he said. “There should be some type of warning light to let people know they need to slow down. At Brown Circle, that has probably happened down there at least three or four times that I can remember.” In addition to the warning lights, McKenna also requested that the mayor ask the appropriate state agencies to place hay bales near the Saugus River. “Every time there is an oil spill down at Brown Circle, it goes into the Saugus River, and it aff ects the plants and the wildlife and the waterways,” she said. “Hay bales soak up everything; they soak up the oil, and it would be really good if we could do this before another disaster happens.” T he City Council and School Committee will both look a little diff erent next year, as voters on Tuesday elected four new councillors and two new School Committee members. On the council side, two incumbents were voted out of offi ce, with current City Council President Anthony Zambuto the odd man out in a six-person race for the fi ve at-large seats. In Ward 5, longtime Councillor John Powers was unseated by Al Fiore, a former council president. The big winner of the night was former Mayor Dan Rizzo, who topped the ballot for the at-large race, where he will be joined by incumbents Steven Morabito, Gerry Visconti and George Rotondo, as well as city Veterans Services Director Marc Silvestri. In the other contested ward races, incumbent Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky held off a challenge from Manuel Carrero, Jr., and Anthony Cogliandro defeated Al Terminiello, Jr. to replace Arthur Guinasso in Ward 3. Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe and Ward 6 Councillor Richard Serino all ran unopposed and were returned to offi ce. In a tight School Committee COUNCIL | SEE Page 22 Candidate for councillor-at-large Dan Rizzo and his wife, Jane are shown campaigning outside the Whelan School with supporter Joann Giannino on Election Day.
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