Have a Safe & Happy New Year!Have a Safe & Happy New Year! Vol. 31, No.52 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 781-286-8500 Friday, December 30, 2022 2022 Revere Year in Review A Renaissance of development, New High School, and Return of WWII Hero McMackin By Barbara Taormina F or Revere, 2022 was a year of major strides in the city’s ongoing renaissance. Major development projects moved forward, promising much for the city’s future, while city offi cials worked to preserve the city’s character and strengthen the In April, the hearse carrying the remains of Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin was driven along Broadway after being returned from their recovery in Romania after his plane crashed during World War II. CITY COUNCIL LEADERS: New City Council Vice President Richard Serino (left) and President Gerry Visconti were sworn in during an inaugural ceremony at City Hall in January. (Advocate fi le photo) community with arts and recreation facilities. In January, the City Council Former School Committeewoman Ann Raponi passed away in August. voted to build a new high school on the site of the former Wonderland Greyhound Racing Park. Councillors were concerned with Wonderland’s $30 million price tag and the fact that the city would be losing the tax revenue if the track were converted to a residential and commercial use. But Revere is united behind the goal to build a new, sorely needed, school, so Wonderland it was. The School Building Committee spent the rest of 2022 meeting the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s deadlines for submission of studies and information about the project. But Basketball Pats down Jets, 67-51 in Tourney that process was interrupted in December when City Councillors chose not to vote to send the project’s schematic design and preliminary budget to the MSBA. In January, the cost of the new school was believed to be $378 million. But in a December presentation for the City Council, the new cost of $499 million was attached to the project. Councillors were concerned about the jump in costs and wanted to hear from Chief Financial Officer Richard Viscay about the city’s plan to pay for the project and the impact on taxpayers. School officials warned that delaying the submission of the design to the MSBA would knock the project off schedule and delay the opening of the new building, which was planned for September 2027. But councillors were adamant. “We’re not doing anyone any PROJECTS | SEE Page 12 $4.05 GALLON We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover Price Subject to Change without notice Revere’s Sal DeAngelis drives through a maze of East Boston defenders during the Patriot’s win against the Jets at the annual David Green Memorial Basketball Tournament on Wednesday. See page 10 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Emily Harney) 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. Service 781-286-2602
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