Serve on the ARPA Board – Get Paid! Signed into effect by President Biden on March 11, 2021, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) seeks to help the country recover from the devastating impacts of the pandemic, providing…
Month: August 2021
Make the Most of the Rest of Summer
If nothing else, the Summer of 2021 has taught us an age-old lesson: The only thing that is certain about life is uncertainty. Remember when President Biden told the country in the spring that his goal was to have the…
The Unvaccinated Are Rebels Without a Cause
For the majority of our readers — who are vaccinated (because we live in Eastern Mass.) — the reasons being given by those who refuse to get the shot, even when they are dying in the hospital, are inexplicable. The…
Obituaries 08-26-2021
Cyndell Rodriguez March 28, 2002 – August 19, 2021 Cyndell M. Rodriguez, 19, was suddenly and tragically taken from those who loved her on Thursday, August 19. The loving daughter of Jennifer DeJesus of Chelsea, she was born on March 28,…
GreenRoots Annual Meeting And A Night Of Games And Boating
Chelsea Hits 40,000 Residents in Census 2020 Unexpectedly
After a disappointing Census effort last year due to being hindered significantly by COVID-19 and a distrust among the populace of the federal government, the official numbers came out last week and Chelsea showed a surprising increase in its count…
With Almost 200 Signature Bread Workers Fired Earlier This Year, City’s Innovative Program Got Started on the Fly
On Feb. 24, the City’s soon-to-be-launched Rapid Re-Employment Initiative was just a framework idea on paper, but one day later it was a plan that had to be put in action fast as City officials got the unexpected news that…
Councilor Naomi Zabot Drops Re-Election Bid, No District 3 Preliminary
One week after the first Preliminary Election for Council in Ward 3 in a long time was presumably set, the contest is now no more. Incumbent Councilor Naomi Zabot confirmed Wednesday afternoon she had withdrawn from the three-woman contest –…
George Ostler Remembered as a Hero, Historian, and Beloved Chelsea Resident at Memorial Observances
They came to the Carafa Funeral Home and Our Lady of Grace Church from all points in Chelsea – city leaders, friends, associates, firefighters, teachers – to say good-bye to one of its most illustrious citizens, George Francis Ostler Sr.…
Chelsea’s Own Jaime Hernández Featured in Apollinaire Theatre’s Production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Special to the Record Actor and Chelsea resident Jaime Hernández plays Count Paris, a suiter of Juliet, in Apollinaire Theatre Company’s FREE, on-your-feet, bi-lingual presentation of “Romeo and Juliet” in Chelsea Square this month. Hernández is a young man who…