Page 8 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024 Revere Community School Offers Computer Classes to Veterans Upon completion, veterans receive free laptop, internet access through program Tech Goes Home Special to Th e Advocate T he Revere Community School offered a 15-hour training course to eight Revere veterans, that covered basic computer skills such as email, internet search and safety, and online applications, taught by Digital Navigators, Devin Renderos and Durwin Wongwajarachot. Upon comHe’s Back...and Better Than Ever! John A. Fitzpatrick (Fitzy) Sales & Lease Consultant Direct: 617.410.1030 Main: 617.381.9000 Cell: 617.279.9962 McGovern Automotive Group 100 Broadway, Rte. 99, Everett New St. Anthony’s Flea Market 250 Revere St., Revere, Lower Hall Indoor Flea Market Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Admission .50 Cents PLENTY OF NEW VENDORS ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT New Vendors Welcome! Free Coffee & Tea! To rent a table, call Lynda: (781) 910-8615 pletion, the veterans received a free Google Chromebook laptop, mouse, headset, and internet hotspot. This initiative was brought to Revere by the partnership of the Revere Community School and Tech Goes Home. Since becoming a Tech Goes Home partner in 2019, Revere Community School has off ered over 200 computer courses and graduated more than 700 children and adult learners. T he holidays are here! Tune in to the Annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas” Concert live on the Community Channel on Sunday, December 15, at 4:00 p.m. This event takes place at St. Anthony’s of Padua Parish but will stream live on RTV’s YouTube page and television. To get ready for the live event, the channel is scheduled every day with at least one “Sounds of Christmas” Concert from years dating back to 2012. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be scheduled with marathons of “Sounds of Christmas” Concerts, including replays of this year’s event. On November 30, RevereTV joined the community at the Priscilla Nickerson Memorial Scholarship Fund event to support Revere students in honor of Priscilla Nickerson, a dedicated local leader. Afterward, the Santa parade headed to City Hall The Revere Community School has since given out over 600 free Chromebooks, hotspots, and internet services to individuals and families. The goal of this partnership is to address the “digital divide” in Revere and its surroundings. By delivering high-quality education on the latest technology, Revere residents benefi t from accessing communication with family, healthcare, fi nancial education, and job tools online. “I’m very thankful to all of our partners— the Revere Community School, Veterans Service Offi ce, Digital Navigators, and Tech Goes Home— for making this program possible, so that our veteran population has access to technology, and the education to use it,” said Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. To register for courses at the Revere Community School, please contact Fatou Drammeh, at fdrammeh@revere.org. RevereTV Spotlight for the city’s offi cial tree lighting! Santa and the Grinch made their annual visit to light the tree, and families enjoyed fun activities like infl atables, cookie decorating, a trackless train and reindeer rides. We caught it all on camera so check out the footage on the Community Channel for all the sights, sounds and interviews! A recording of this year’s Revere High School Talent Show is now scheduled on the Community Channel and posted to YouTube. This was last Thursday, December 5. You can also view coverage of the Revere History Museum’s Holiday Gathering and Beachmont Improvement Committee’s Annual Tree Lighting. RTV covered the annual Thanksgiving Day Football Game, and the replay of this game is playing on the Community Channel for the next few weeks. You can now also watch Revere High School football games from this season on RevereTV’s YouTube page. The Community Channel is 8 and 1072 on Comcast and 3 and 614 for RCN subscribers. Government meetings will end for the year by December 20. All meetings will play live on RTV GOV when they happen and then replay afterward for the following few weeks. There is a meeting hiatus for the holidays during the last two weeks of 2024, and things will pick up again in January. RTV GOV will stay scheduled with replays of the meetings from the month of December during this time. All recorded meetings are also posted to YouTube to view at your convenience. RTV GOV is channel 9 on Comcast and channels 13 and 613 for RCN subscribers.
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