COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted the city of Chelsea and surrounding communities. Nowhere is this felt more than among some of the most vulnerable residents–babies. With shortages, rationing, and long wait lines, families are struggling to access essential baby care items…
Month: September 2020
MassDOT Advisory: Boston Upcoming Lane Shifts on Route 1
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that during the overnight hours on Wednesday, September 2, roadway configuration changes and Route 1 northbound lane shifts took place in the work zone where the Chelsea Viaduct is being rehabilitated. Work was to begin…
DCR to Start Parking Enforcement for Street Sweeping Again
Starting on Tuesday, September 8, and continuing through Monday, November 30, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will commence parking enforcement along all DCR Parkways during street sweeping operations. On designated sweeping days, parking is prohibited at various times. Massachusetts…
DiDomenico Serves as a Speaker on Virtual Mission on COVID
Senator Sal DiDomenico recently served as speaker on a virtual Mission: Readiness panel discussion to talk about COVID-19’s impact on early childhood education and child nutrition in Massachusetts. DiDomenico joined with retired Generals Jack Hammond and Mike Hall, Amy O’Leary…
Gladys Vega Honored by Gateway Cities
Despite growth in communities of color in Gateway Cities, Massachusetts’s non-profit and elected leadership remains overwhelmingly white. Meanwhile, the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have fallen disproportionately on the communities most underrepresented in leadership positions, like Chelsea. In the…
Save the Harbor and Brain Arts Bring You Beats on the Beach Virtual Music Contest
The environmental advocacy organization Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the non-profit Brain Arts Organization have teamed up this summer to connect people to the region’s public beaches during the pandemic through free virtual arts and wellness programs that amplify…
Police Briefs 09-03-2020
This Buds for You On Aug. 24, at 7:31 p.m., CPD officers were dispatched to the area of 422 Broadway for a report of a fight in progress. Once on the scene, the victim told officers that a male suspect…
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
“Time and tide wait for no man,” wrote the poet. The summer of 2020 is entering its final week as we approach the traditional Labor Day weekend and once again the summer season has flown by much faster than any…
A Summer of Chaos And Tragedy
As America approached the Memorial Day weekend of 2020, the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States stood at just under 100,000 of our fellow Americans. But now, three months later, that number soon will have doubled, as our…
Obituaries 09-03-2020
Idalina Fortes Brito A Woman of Deep and Abiding Faith A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Rose of Lima Church for Idalina (Fortes) Brito on Wednesday, September 2 and services concluded with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery…