Chelsea Black Community/Chelsea Young Adult Alliance held the first of its virtual community conversations recently to discuss the progress made within major city departments since the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020. The meetings will allow each department to publicly…
Month: April 2022
School Committee Lifts Mask Mandate
Masks will be optional in Chelsea schools beginning on May 9. The School Committee voted to lift the school mask mandate at its April 13 meeting, 7-1. Committee member Roberto Jimenez Rivera cast the lone vote against lifting the mask…
ZBA Approves Affordable Housing Proposal for 361 Broadway
A 62-unit affordable housing development at the corner of Broadway and Fourth Street that has been in the works for over five years was approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals last week. The project proposed by Arx Urban calls…
Commission Issues Warning to Merritt Club
There will be no Men in Motion allowed at Chelsea function halls. During last week’s meeting, the Licensing Commission handed a warning to the Merritt Club for allowing someone to rent the hall for a general admission exotic dance show.…
Share a Ukraine Telethon Message With Chelsea Rotary
Chelsea Rotary is accepting short video messages for its April 28th telethon to support Ukrainian humanitarian relief. “We’d love your donation, but we’re also welcoming five-to-ten-second videos which will be aired over the internet and then rerun on Chelsea Cable…
Malden Catholic’s Principal, Rose Maria Redman, Accepts the Position at Bradford Christian Academy
Rose Maria Redman, Principal of Malden Catholic, has accepted the position of Upper School Principal at Bradford Christian Academy. During her two years at Malden Catholic, Principal Redman has successfully led the school through the pandemic and accomplished the key…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Prepare for Stretch Run
The Bruins are gearing up for the regular season’s stretch run, having six games left to play over the next nine days, and two weeks before the start of the playoffs. Thanks to their current two-game win streak, they are…
News in Brief
NSC Seeking Input About ARPA Funds Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the North Suburban Consortium (NSC), which consists of cities that have collectively agreed to sign a cooperative agreement to gain access to the U.S. Department…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Unemployment Overpayment Relief Plans
The Baker-Polito Administration announced plans to provide expanded relief to unemployment claimants with overpayment obligations. The announcement follows a decision by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to approve in part the Commonwealth’s request to provide certain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
Earth Day Report, 2022: The Planet Is Doomed
We were around for the first Earth Day in 1970. We clearly recall the incident a year earlier that spurred Congress and President Richard Nixon to create the Environmental Protection Agency when the Cuyahoga River, which feeds into Lake Erie…