The Massachusetts Legislature passed a bill authorizing $200 million for Chapter 90 funding to help municipalities complete road, bridge and infrastructure improvement projects. The bill also facilitates the financing of $1.5 billion for highway projects and $200 million for rail…
Month: June 2019
Jocelyn Poste a Graduate With Many Titles
When one addresses Chelsea High graduate Jocelyn Poste, they wouldn’t be incorrect to call her ‘Madame President,’ yet they could also refer to her as the Salutatorian of the Class of 2019, or for another angle, as the best female…
Class of 2020 has Personality, President Says
Lisandra Molina said her class is yet another that should make an impression next year when they become seniors. Molina, the junior class president, said they have learned a lot from the Class of 2019. “I feel I learned a…
Chelsea Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
A Chelsea man pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Boston to possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute. Adres Perez, 26, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute and is scheduled to be…
Mystic Valley Elder Services Awarded $100,000 Grant
Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) was recently awarded a $100,000 sustaining grant over a 4-year period through Cummings’s Foundation “$100k for 100” program. The grant was awarded to MVES in support of its Elder Independence Fund, a 21-year program that…
News Briefs
Fire Education at the Kelly School Firefighter Omar Frometa and children from the Kelly School during a Fire Safety Education program recently. Frometa is the Chelsea Fire educator that was recognized two years ago by the state as the Fire…
Police Briefs 06-13-2019
By Seth Daniel and Paul Koolloian Missing Child Reunited with Parents On June 4, Chelsea Police reunited a missing 10-year-old Chelsea girl with her parents on after the Kelly school student told officers she fell asleep on the MBTA bus…
Congratulations, Brian Sullivan
We have been remiss for not having offered our congratulations to Chelsea native Brian Sullivan upon his recent appointment by Gov. Charlie Baker, and subsequent confirmation by the Governor’s Council, to the position of Clerk-Magistrate of the Lynn District Court.…
Speaker Deleo Prepares for the Future
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo this week unveiled the details of the plan he announced last February that will provide $1.3 billion to combat the ever-increasing effects of climate change. Among the major aspects of the plan will be the…
Celebrate Our Rivers in June
By: Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance At long last, a recent weekend presented one of those pristine days that remind us here in Massachusetts why we endure those winters. With warm spring weather finally here, many of us…