By Adam Swift The city council will take up a request by City Manager Fidel Maltez to discuss the possibility of bringing municipal vehicle maintenance in house. At Monday night’s meeting, the council voted to discuss the request at a…
Month: November 2024
Forbes Street 9-alarm Fire Destroys Abandoned Industrial Building
By Adam Swift A massive nine-alarm fire destroyed an abandoned former industrial building on Forbes Street early Monday morning. Nearly 20 neighboring departments helped knock down the fire. The fire was reported at 12:30 a.m. on Monday, and emergency response…
GreenRoots Hosts Meeting on Tobin Bridge Lead Paint Removal Project
By Cary Shuman GreenRoots, led by its executive director Roseann Bongiovanni, hosted a well-attended community meeting on the Tobin Bridge Lead Paint Removal Project Tuesday night at the Chelsea Senior Center. State Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt provided an update…
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare CEO Barry Berman and COO Betsy Mullen Receive Prestigious Changemaker Award at Center for Innovation Conference
At the Center for Innovation’s (CFI) annual conference, sponsored by the Green House ® Project and Pioneer Network communities, Chelsea Jewish Lifecare CEO Barry Berman and COO Betsy Mullen were presented with the esteemed “2024 Changemaker Award,” which reflects their strong…
Is The Housing Problem Solvable?
It is estimated that the U.S. presently is short of anywhere from four million to seven million housing units, including both rentals and single-family homes. This is an astounding number that is growing larger every year. Housing production is lagging…
Obituaries 11-21-2024
Carmelo Santiago February 10, 1942 – November 17, 2024 Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours for Carmelo Santiago-Vega today, Thursday, November 21 in the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea, from 6 to 8 p.m. His…
City of Chelsea Holds Veterans Day Ceremony
Councilor Requests Study to Start for New Waterfront Fire Station
By Adam Swift As Chelsea continues to grow, one city councilor wants to take a closer look at building a new fire station somewhere along the waterfront. At last week’s meeting, District 6 Councilor Giovanni Recupero introduced a motion asking…
CLF, CRWA lawsuit leads to federal permit to reduce pollution in area rivers
By Adam Swift As a result of a lawsuit filed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a draft permit to limit toxic stormwater pollution in three important rivers…
Final voting round opens for naming of Chelsea’s new Clinton Street park
Special to the Record The City of Chelsea, in partnership with GreenRoots, is excited to announce the final round of voting to determine the name of the new public park located at 88 Clinton Street is now open. Chelsea residents…