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During the pandemic lockdowns, the city illegally authorized building variance changes for a new Alden A Mills Fire Station at 140 Lynnway, Revere.
The site plan for the firehouse construction was Initially rejected by the City due to several non-conformance issues as documented in Frank Stringi’s
Site Plan Review Letter on April 15, 2021.
Following that denial, through its consultant Brennan Consultants of Burlington, MA, the city appealed its own Site Plan Review findings to the City’s
Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA).
As part of its appeal, on May 5, 2021 Brennan Consultants filed
Application No. A-21-17 Appeal with the City ZBA.
In its filing, the city incorrectly identified the site’s proximity to conservation wetlands including a salt marsh, and sections of the application were
left blank or incomplete.
Despite these challenges, the City approved its own appeal, also on May 5, 2021, and the City Clerk issued a Certificate allowing the project to
proceed. City Planner Frank Stringi then approved the site plan with conditions as documented in his updated
Site Plan Review Letter on June 22, 2021.
As part of the City ZBA Process, and as outlined in the City ZBA Decision on Application A-21-17, “1. If the rights authorized by this variance are
not exercised within one year of the date of the grant of this variance the rights shall lapse. 2. This variance shall not be valid until the appellant
has recorded this variance in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds and submits document recording numbers and dates to the City Clerk and Building
Inspector of the City of Revere.”. Neither of these occurred, making the application invalid.
In addition to the six variances, which were never validated and allowed to lapse, the city also failed the conditional site plan approval
requirement that, “An ANR subdivision plan shall be endorsed by the Planning Board and recorded in the Registry of Deeds for the subdivision of lot 2
owned by the Commonwealth to create new lot A comprising 4,592 s.f to be transferred to the City of Revere for public safety facility use.”, as
outlined in Frank Stringi’s conditional Site Plan Review Letter. No such subdivision plan was ever recorded in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds,
therefore legally the city did not have rights to land it wished to acquire.
As a resident whose home abuts the firehouse, I should have been notified by the city and/or its consultant on the variance changes being requested,
but I was not. I believe that this may be related to infrastructure lines running throughout my community and possible under my home. Furthermore, I
believe I was lied to by my local Ward 5 City Councilor Angela Guarino-Sawaya, City
Building Inspector Benjamin DeChristoforo, and City Department of Public Works Supervisor Christopher B Ciaramella when I reached out for help both
during and after construction. If this project were on the up and up, city leaders would have alerted me to their variance requests, and should have
come to my aid once it was clear that the construction had disrupted infrastructure lines allowing some to come up through my property.
Following the City ZBA approval, MassDEP did temporarily step in to halt the construction under provisions of the Wetlands Protection Act as documented
in Jill Provencal’s letter RE: WETLANDS/REVERE to Chris
Bright c/o City of Revere on July 22, 2022. The state later withdrew its appeal one month later on August 22, 2022.
Finally, just prior to actual construction, developer DeIulis Brothers Construction Co., Inc. and the City of Revere agreed to transfer the Alden Mills
Fire Station building permit from DeIulis Brothers’ Construction Supervisor License (CS-040461) to the expired Construction Supervisor License of Brent
Watkins (CS-108712) as outlined in Antonio Pacitti's
Construction Supervisor Transfer Letter to Revere Building Commissioner
Louis Cavagnaro. Mr. Watkins' license remained expired and was invalid for the duration of the project as costs jumped from 9 million to over 16 million
dollars.
The Alden Mills Fire Station is just one of several scams that went on in Revere during the pandemic lockdowns. This scam like many of the others at
the time required the co-operation with leaders at MassDOT, MassDCR, and the Suffolk County Secretary of State’s office.
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Corruption Timeline
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City of Revere Timeline: Captured from City of Revere website at
https://www.revere.org/departments/fire/point-of-pines-engine-2-fire-station.htm
on May 8, 2026.
Note:Original firehouse plan did not include a Community Room or
Expanded Side Entrance and Lobby. Original design would not have required as
many variances, if any.
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Point of Pines Engine 2 Study and Design
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April 15, 2021: Denied Site Plan Application SPR-000061 for
Alden Mills Fire Station.
April 15, 2021:Variance Notification Record provided by the
City of Revere falsely proclaiming all home owners whose properites
abut the expanded fire station plan at 140 Lynnway, Revere, MA 02151
were notified of a Request for Variance.
Note:Record was provided following FOIA Request for Variance
Information for 140 Lynnway/Alden Mills Firhouse. Not all propery
owners were notified of this request for variance. Neither Robert
Bamberg who own the property at 8 Alden Ave, which abuts the Firehouse
was never notified, nor was he included on the city's 'True & Attested'
written statement for variance notification.
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Site Plan Review Comments
Variance Notification Record Page
Email FOIA Request Variance Info
FOIA Response Variance Info
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May 5, 2021: Application A-21-17 filed by City of Revere with
City Zoning Board of Appeals. Land recorded in Suffolk County Registry
of Deeds Book 7604, Page 475.
Note:Applicant answered 'No' to question 9A, "Is the site of this
application subject to the Wetland Wetland Protection Act
(MGL, Chapter 131, Sec. 40A or Chapter 130 Sec. 105)?".
Applicant also answered 'No' to question 9B, "Is the location of the site
of this appliction within 100 feet of: a coastal beach, salt marsh or
land under ocean?".
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ZBA Application - Page 1 of 6
ZBA Application - Page 2 of 6
ZBA Application - Page 3 of 6
ZBA Application - Page 4 of 6
ZBA Application - Page 5 of 6
ZBA Application - Page 6 of 6
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May 26, 2021: Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) holds Zoom meeting to
discuss variance requests for Alden Mills Firehouse construction. Notice of meeting
given in Revere Journal on 5/12/21 and 5/19/21. All public meetings at this time
were held over Zoom due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Note:The Revere ZBA has no online records, Summary or Minutes for
ZBA Meeting in 2021 and 2022. If the following 'ZBA Hearing' links are a
record of that ZBA Zoom Meeting, Why is record's 'Date Filed' identied as
May 5, 2021, well before the actual ZBA Zoom Meeting.
May 27, 2021 - Revere Zoning Board of Apppeals (ZBA) Decision on
variances of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Revere to enable the
appellant to raze the existing fire station and construct a new fire
station at 140 Lynnway, Revere, MA 02151.
Note: City of Revere never finalized this decision by recording it in
the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds as required.
(see Revere ZBA Document
A-21-17: Page 2 of 2)
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ZBA Hearing - Page 1 of 3
ZBA Hearing - Page 2 of 3
ZBA Hearing - Page 3 of 3
Revere ZBA Document A-21-17: Page 1 of 2
Revere ZBA Document A-21-17: Page 2 of 2
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June 15, 2021: Revere Site Plan Review Report, bullet one identifies condition
that ANR subdivision plan shall be recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
Note: ANR subdivision never recorded in Registry of Deeds.
June 17, 2021: Revere City Clerk certifies adoption of the Zoning Board Changes.
Note: Even though City of Revere never finalized its decision
by recording it in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds as required.
September 23, 2021: Revere Mayor letter to Revere City Council identifying
a kiosk at Wonderland Train Station, and construction of essential public fire
safety facilities.
Note: This is the only evidence the city has produced identifying its
intention to annex state land through an ANR process. The letter does not identify
the Alden Mills Firehouse at 140 Lynnway, and it could be that the mayor's letter
simply identified additional facilities at Wonderland Station. RLN believe the mayor
was purposefully vague in his identification of a public safety facilities because
the land in question involved protected wetlands.
February 13, 2026: Email correspondence between Robert Bamberg and Thomas Ryan
at Suffolk County Registry of Deeds.
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Site Plan Review Report
ZBA Certification
Mayor's Letter Re: City of Revere Land Transfers
Email: Suffolk County Registry of Deeds
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July 11, 2022: City of Revere submits WPA Form 5 - Order of Conditions (OOC)
for Alden Mills Firestation at 140 Lynnway to Massachusetts Bureau of Resource
Protection - Wetlands.
July 22, 2022: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
informs City of Revere of its intent to appeal Revere Conservation Commission's
WPA Form 5 - OOC submission.
August 22, 2022: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
reverses its decision, and approves OOC set forth by City of Revere.
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WPA Form 5 - OOC
DEP Notice of Appeal to OOC.pdf
Mass DEP OOC Approval
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August 22, 2022: Revere Building Inspector issues illegal Building Permit
B23-000567 to Antonio Pacitti Deiulis Brothers to build a new 2 story fire station
at 140 Lynnway.
August 22, 2022: Antonio Pacitti of Deiulis Brothers requests a
transfer of the illegal building permit authorized by City of Revere.
April 26, 2026 thru May 11, 2026: Public Records Requests to
City of Revere and to Division of Occupational Licensure asking for
information related to Construction Supervisor License CS-108712.
Note: See non-response from City of Revere indicating no due diligence was done
following the requested supervisor license transfer.
Note: See response from DOL showing that the CS-108712 was not valid at the time
of transfer and for most of the construction period.
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Illegal Alden Mills Building Permit
CS Transfer Letter - DeIulis Brother Construction Co, Inc.
Revere Public Records Request
Revere Public Records Response
DOL Public Records Request
DOL Public Records Response
DOL Record for CS-108712 (redacted)
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April 1, 2025: Self-documented issues caused by new firehouse
construction, including calls to National Grid, and Revere Building Department.
April 6, 2025: Copy of message sent to Revere Ward 5 Councilor via
Revere.org web interface to alert the city to damage being done to the street and
my home from the Alden Mills Firehouse and Gibson Point Construction.
April 7, 2025 thru May 9, 2025: Copy of Emails between Robert Bamberg
and Revere Ward 5 Councilor Angela Guarino-Sawaya.
Note: See Revere City Councilor Angela Guarino-Sawaya's only response
message expressing her expert opinion after review of my property and
surrounding infrastructure. I believe that the Councilor and Chief of
Infrastructure Christopher Ciaramella were aware of potential issues with my
home's property by now. Additionally, I belive they should have been aware
that I was not contacted regarding the variances required for the illegal
Alden Mills Firehouse development.
May 14, 2025 - May 19, 2025 Copy of Emails between Robert Bamberg and
Christopher Ciaramellla, Superintendent of DPW/WSD, following his visit to
my property at 8 Alden Ave.
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Self-Documented Firehouse Construction Issues
Message to Revere Ward 5 Councilor
Email: Revere Ward 5 Councilor
Email: Christopher Ciaramella, Superintendent DPW/WSD
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August 28, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Emails and Documents associated with Freedom
of Information Act requests I made to the City of Revere for Detailed Maps of the area
in and around my home's lot in Revere, MA. After first siding with me, the Massachusetts
Supervisor of Records ultimately allowed Mr. Ciaramella and the City of Revere to withhold
this information.
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FOIA Request for Detailed Maps
FOIA Appeal Acknowledgement
SPR25/2765 Determination
City Response SPR25/2765
Supervisor of Records Final Determination
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November 24, 2025: Email Freedom of Information Act requesting permitting records
for street/sidewalk opening and paving work performed in the overnight hours from October
26, 2025 thru November 3, 2025.
Note: The City of Revere reported not having records related to my request.
According to a member of the crew that did the work, they were out of Falmouth. The
worker knocked on my door attempting to locate the owner of a vehicle they needed moved.
The targeted paving project tells me that others in the area have also been bothered by
the new construction going on at the Alden Mills Firehouse and the Gibson Point Development
in Revere's new Riverfront District.
My driveway has suffered large cracks from infrastructure/utility lines coming up through
the paved surface. The foundation shows signs of stress, and the continuing movements and
vibrations make the home uncomfortable, and possibly unsellable.
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FOIA Request Street Opening
6 Lynnway Heading North
Pines Road meets Lynnway
Harrington Ave meets Lynnway
Goodwin Ave meets Lynnway
Chamberlain Ave meets Lynnway
Delano Ave meets Lynnway
Alden Ave meets Lynnway
Bickford Ave meets Lynnway
Lancaster Ave meets Lynnway
Street 8 Alden Ave
Driveway 8 Alden Ave
Foundation 8 Alden Ave
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