Daynaba Mohamed, 15, picks up a piece of broken wood from the shoreline of the Chelsea Creek on Marginal Street during the Chelsea GreenRoots Citywide Cleanup on April 22, Earth Day. The annual cleanup was focused on the Chelsea Creek…
Month: April 2017
Chelsea Housing Shot Down by Council in Request to Relax Rules on Hiring Union Labor
By Seth Daniel Union workers from Chelsea and the surrounding areas flooded the Council Chambers on Monday night to oppose a Home Rule Petition that would have allowed the Chelsea Housing Authority’s (CHA) redevelopment of Central Avenue to be outside…
Police Ready to Try Police, Community Collaboration Program on May 1
By Seth Daniel Chelsea Police announced this week that they will begin an innovative pilot program on May 1 where four officers will have a full-time assignment to work with the community, business owners and City departments to solve lingering…
Chelsea Application Among Finalists for Foundation Award
By Seth Daniel Two Chelsea organizations and the City are teaming up to make sure their combined application, as well as an upcoming site visit, will prevail as the winner in the 6th annual Culture of Health prize from the…
Eastie MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder
A member of MS-13’s East Boston Loco Salvatrucha (EBLS) clique pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with the assault of a rival gang member in East Boston, a man who was part of a large round up of MS-13 members from…
Police Briefs 04-27-2017
POLICE Briefs By Seth Daniel and Paul Koolloian MOTORCYCLE FATALITY Chelsea and State Police are investigating a fatal accident involving a motorcyclist who succumbed to his injuries after colliding into a building on Sunday, April 23. Police responded to a…
Repeal of Obamacare is Back, and Seniors Risk Being the Biggest Losers
By Kenneth E. Thorpe As Congressional leaders and the White House restart negotiations on the American Health Care Act and look for other ways to curb federal healthcare expenditures, one program critical to America’s seniors stands to lose the most:…
Letter to the Editor
What’s been going on? Dear Editor: I’d love to know what’s been going on with this new Council. I’ve been hearing and reading in the paper about District 5 City Councillor Judith Garcia who has been on a crusade going…
No Place for Hate
This editorial is not about politics. It is not about an issue that mark us as Democrats vs. Repubilicans, liberals vs. conservatives, pro-life vs. pro-choice, higher vs. lower taxes, amnesty for immigrants vs. big, beautiful border walls, diplomacy vs. bombing…
Sports 04-27-2017
CHS Roundup Busy week ahead for CHS baseball team The Chelsea High baseball team has a busy stretch of five games in the next eight days — weather permitting — as they seek to get back to the .500 mark.…