Senator Sal DiDomenico, in collaboration with colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday, July 2, passed a $1.1 billion supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2020 to support extraordinary costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic that require immediate attention. The…
Month: July 2020
Federal CARES Act Funding Will Help Continue Local Humanitarian Relief: City Will Use Money to Transition to Debit Cards for Food Relief
The City has received – and the Council approved – $2.5 million in funding from the federal CARES Act that it will use to continue providing food and business relief as part of the COVID-19 response. The funding came through…
Ward 4 Democratic Committee Endorses Markey
The Chelsea Ward 4 Democratic Committee on Monday announced its endorsement of Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. The Chelsea Ward 4 Committee endorsement comes as several other officials and groups in the region have also announced…
Construction Update Chelsea Curves Construction Look-Ahead Through July 25
This is a brief overview of construction operations and traffic impacts for the Tobin Bridge/Chelsea Curves Rehabilitation Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work, temporary ramp and street closures, and changes to traffic configurations beyond those…
Chelsea Reopens More Businesses This Week, Planet Fitness Among Businesses That Can Resume
As part of Governor Charlie Baker’s Phase III of Massachusetts’s phased COVID-19 reopening strategy more businesses were eligible to reopen earlier this month. According to Baker, as part of Step One of Phase III businesses that were subject to industry-specific…
Ryan Urged MBTA to Increase Crowding Mitigation to Chelsea
In a letter to MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak earlier this month, State Rep. Dan Ryan urged the agency to include the 111 bus among the routes utilizing the real-time crowding application rolled out in June. In the letter, Ryan…
Ryan Bolsters Commitment to Children and Families
State Rep. Dan Ryan joined Speaker Bob DeLeo and colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in passing An Act relative to accountability for vulnerable children and families, which strengthens the laws ensuring the safety and well-being of the Commonwealth’s…
Chelsea Community Connections Plan Clothing Drive for Children on Saturday
Chelsea Community Connections held a clothing drive for local children Saturday at Luther Place behind the Chelsea Walk off Broadway. The agency, known for his outstanding work in assisting children and families in several capacities, will return to the same…
CHA Restarts Clinic Appointments, Elective Procedures and Surgeries
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north region, has resumed non-urgent “elective” surgeries, procedures and clinic visits following the state’s lifting of restrictions due to COVID-19. Since the pandemic started, CHA has…
Police Briefs 07-16-2020
Update on Admiral’s Hill Stabbing Shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, July 8, Chelsea Police and State Police detectives developed information that the suspect in the July 6 stabbing at Mary O’Malley Park was hiding in an apartment at 18…