Month: March 2019
Appreciation – Remembering Trina Wilkerson
Hundreds of friends, family, former high school classmates, and co-workers paid their respects to Trina Louise Wilkerson during memorial observances at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Malden. Trina passed away unexpectedly on March 6. She was 45 years old. Reggie…
School Committeeman Julio Hernandez Resigns
By Adam Swift and Seth Daniel In a sudden move, District 5 School Committee member Julio Hernandez has resigned – one of the City’s up-and-coming political figures that many thought had a big future on the Committee. Hernandez, a Chelsea…
Cocinas Program Looks to Promote Healthy Eating with Traditional Foods
When Jose Barriga was working as a translator at an area hospital, he routinely saw a cycle of poor health from his Latino patients that seemed to be caused by the food they ate. Many of them new to the…
Split Decision for Broadway Affordable Housing, Faces Tough Path Again
It was a split decision for a 38-unit affordable housing project at the former Midas site on Broadway before the Planning Board on Tuesday night. For the second time in less than a year, the Planning Board approved the site…
Webster Avenue Pot Shop Gets Planning Board Okay
A retail marijuana shop on Webster Avenue near the Home Depot is one step closer to opening in Chelsea. Tuesday night, the Planning Board approved a site plan for a 10,000 square foot retail marijuana facility at 121 Webster Ave.…
A Lot of Noise but Little Action on Planes at Council
For as long as jets have rumbled over Chelsea as they land at and depart from Logan Airport, City officials have struggled with getting state and federal officials to help mitigate the noise from that air traffic. Monday night, District…
Exhibit by Chelsea Hunger Network Features Work of Community Groups City-wide
An exhibit by the Chelsea Hunger Network is now installed at Gallery 456 and will remain until the day of its community fundraising event on April 18, the 8th Annual Chelsea Empty Bowls. Since September of 2018, 19 groups have…
Major Broadway Improvements Could Begin in 2022
A major $9.5 million improvement project for the one-mile stretch of Broadway from City Hall Avenue to the Revere line could get underway by the spring of 2022. On Thursday, March 21, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation held a public…
News Briefs
PAINFUL: CHELSEA CURVES PROJECT STARTS APRIL 1 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver and MBTA Deputy General Manager Jeff Gonneville announced major lane closures which are being implemented on the northbound side of the Tobin Bridge on Monday,…