By Seth Daniel and Paul Koolloian Chelsea Man Pleads Guilty and Sentenced for Bank Robbery A Chelsea man pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Friday, June 19, for the September 2019 robbery of a branch of TD Bank in Chelsea.…
Month: June 2020
COVID-19 Is a Predator — And We Are Its Prey
The media, politicians, and others have likened our ongoing battle with the corona virus as the equivalent of “going to war.” The doctors and nurses in the overburdened ERs in New York City, when its hospitals were being overwhelmed with…
Guest Op-Ed: Social Justice and Equality
We, the gathered Alliance of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders, in conjunction with the Chelsea City Manager, the Superintendent of Chelsea Public Schools, the Chelsea Black Community, the Chelsea Chief of Police and other leaders, in the first week…
Guest Op-Ed: Commitment for change
By Suffolk County Law Enforcement Executive On Thursday, June 18th at the invitation of Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, a group of law enforcement executives from Greater Boston met together at the Parkman House on Beacon Hill to begin what…
Letter to the Editor
Gateway City School Districts Need to be Properly Funded Dear Editor: (The following letter was sent to Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration and singed by more than 100 elected officials, including those listed below from Chelsea, Everett and Revere)…
Obituaries 06-25-2020
Harry Gerace, Sr. Member of the 1st Marine Division Association and DAV. Harry L. Gerace, Sr. of Bedford, formerly of Chelsea, passed away on June 14 at the Veterans Hospital in Bedford where he has been a resident receiving supportive…
#ChalkArtSaturdays, June 20
‘We Are Together As One’ is this week’s theme Chalk Art Saturdays is a public art initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic presented by Chelsea Prospers, the City of Chelsea’s downtown initiative for neighborhood vitality. Inspired by Chalk Art…
Rise in new daily cases of Covid-19 / Aumento en los casos de Covid-19
Unlike other areas, Chelsea is seeing an uptick – get masks today in Bellingham Square While the number of new cases each day remains much lower than before, over the past two weeks we have begun to see a rise…
Super Woman: Family, Volunteers and City Officials Surprise Gladys Vega on Her Birthday
It’s been a long three months for Gladys Vega – leading an organization that has focused on social justice and immigration issues for the last 20 year, but pivoted to being a key provider of basic food for 11,000 residents…
City, Schools Looking to Survive $5 Million Deficit Without Layoffs
The crisis of the City Budget is in full swing now as City Manager Tom Ambrosino submitted a $181 million City Budget to the City Council this week that is down by $2 million from last year – a first…