Month: September 2019
Potential Approval: Eastern Avenue Marijuana Facility Close to Permits for Growing, Selling
A proposed marijuana facility at 80 Eastern Ave. will be a soup to nuts operation. Or maybe more accurately, seed to smoke. The applicants for the proposal, Jolo Can LLC, doing business as Harbor House Collective, appeared before the Zoning…
DoubleTree Hotel to Sell to New Ownership Group
The City’s Economic Development Board has approved the sale of the DoubleTree Hotel – formerly the Wyndham Hotel – to the Pyramid Group out of Boston. The hotel has been owned by WEDGE of Texas for many years, and was…
Chelsea Commuter Rail Station has Groundbreaking Moment
For more than 20 years, the Silver Line coming to Chelsea was a dream on paper. Now, the Silver Line (SL3) service is up and running for more than a year and the final piece of that puzzle – the…
Noise Study Ready to Get Underway in Chelsea
Don’t expect the jumbo jets to stop roaring over Chelsea anytime soon, but a new noise study could lead to a better understanding of sound levels and their health effects in the city. The Community Noise Lab at Boston University’s…
Chelsea High Muralist Hit his Stride Suddenly Last Summer
It was as if sudden talent just fell from above on Chelsea High sophomore Sinai Galicia – who has distinguished himself over the last several months as a talented painter and muralist, with his most recent work being the beloved…
Rep. Vincent Tours Chelsea Floor Covering Co. to Discuss Support of Film Industry Tax Credit
State Rep. RoseLee Vincent recently met with Richie and Bradley Rosen, proprietors of the family-owned “Chelsea Floor Covering Co.” located at 25 Everett Avenue in Chelsea to tour their business and discuss the importance of the film industry tax credit. …
Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking
A Chelsea man was sentenced on September 10, 2019, in federal court in Boston to six years in prison for drug trafficking. Andres Perez, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to six years in prison…
Two Mexican Drug Traffickers Arrested After Two-kilogram Cocaine Seizure
Two Mexican nationals were arrested and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with selling two kilograms of cocaine. Carlos Acosta Estrella, 31, and his mother, Ana Guadalupe Acosta Grajeda, 56, were arrested on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 and…
U.S. Citizen Extradited from Brazil Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges
A former accountant pleaded guilty this month in federal court in Boston in connection with a $2 million wire fraud scheme. Christopher Morris, 48, formerly of Lowell and Chelsea, pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and 12 counts…