Page 2 Advocate Newspapers Holiday Office Schedule Notice H Sch The Advocate Newspapers will observe a holiday closure from December 29, 2025, through January 2, 2026. Our next editions will be published on Friday, January 9, 2026. During this period, our offi ce will be open intermittently, and all voicemail messages and emails will be monitored and responded to in a timely manner. For questions, legal notices, or advertising submissions for the January 9 publications, please contact us at 781-286-8500 or Jmitchell@advocatenews.net We extend our sincere appreciation to our readers and advertisers and wish you a happy holiday season and a safe, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Thank you for your continued support. — James D. Mitchell, President/Publisher HYM | FROM Page 1 restaurant space in the Beachmont Square section of the development. It follows the 475unit apartment complex Almaya on Salt Street. Last May, the City Council approved a 15-year tax increment exemption agreement with HYM for Portico. The agreement saves HYM approximately $15 million in local taxes over 15 years and opens the door to an additional $15 million in state fi - nancial support. But the tax break came with conditions. The agreement set a construction start date of November 2025 with a delay penalty that would void the tax agreement if work failed to begin. Portico is expected to be completed by November 2028. If HYM misses that target, the city can shortTHE REVERE ADVOCATE – WEDnEsDAy, DECEmbER 24, 2025 SCHOOLS | FROM Page 1 organization also looks at different ways to measure school quality. A.C. Whelan School Principal Rachel Shanley, fi fth grade teacher Lindsay Conrad and a fi fth grade student described their experiences with MCIEA, which Shanley said began about 10 years ago. “We feel MCIEA is really a way to elevate student voice,” said Shanley, adding that it dovetails with the district’s core goal to promote deeper learning. Conrad told the committee her students were highly motivated by tasks and projects. They told her they liked the hands-on aspects of projects and wanted to do more this year. Students felt it was the best way to demonstrate their knowledge. Despite the high marks from en the tax exemption window by two years. The tax break agreement also requires payments to the city when the project reaches different milestones, and mandates 10 percent of project work hours to go to Revere residents. Revere is counting on revenue from new businesses and thousands of new housing units to pay for the city’s new $493 million high Whelan, the executive committee of the Revere Teachers Association voted to withdraw from the consortium, citing the overwhelming workloads already being carried by teachers and a question of inadequate stipends for participating in the meetings. Committee member Stacey Bronsdon-Rizzo said, after hearing about the great work taking place at the Whelan School, she was saddened to see the district go in another direction. Committee member Aisha Milbury-Ellis asked Shanley what the district will lose by withdrawing from the MCIEA consortium. Shanley said Revere educators participated in work developing diff erent tasks and projects. She also said the district would lose access to valuable data through the consortium. school. Elected offi cials have continually assured residents that revenue from Suffolk Downs will spare the city the need for a property tax override. Last year, several city councillors raised concerns about the health of the Suffolk Downs project, saying there was nothing happening on the site. Thomas O’Brien, founding partner and managing director of the School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly said that despite the RTA vote MCIEA work will move forward. “We will be continuing this work,” said Kelly. “We know what good teaching looks like.” Kelly also reviewed Governor Maura Healey’s recommendation for new high school graduation requirements to replace the MCAS requirement, which voters repealed last year. Healey’s proposed that students be required to complete courses to prepare them for college. They would take exams at the end of courses but passing would not be a graduation requirement. And students would be required to create a portfolio or fi nal project, such as a capstone. Kelly said the MCIEA approach would help prepare seniors if they need to fulfi ll a portfolio requirement. HYM Investment Group, met with the City Council to assure them the project was on track, and the groundbreaking, although a couple weeks late, was a cause for celebration for everyone. The project will ultimately span 16.2 million square feet of development, including 10,000 apartments and condominiums; 5.2 million square feet of life sciences and offi ce space; 450,000 square feet of retail and civic space; and 40 acres of parks and open space. Advertise in the Advocate Classifieds! Call us at: 781-286-8500 Advertising that gets results!
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