Operations at the temporary emergency assistance shelter at the old Chelsea Soldiers’ Home hospital building are in full swing. Earlier this spring, state officials announced that the empty building would be used as an emergency shelter for six to 12…
Author: Adam Swift
Chelsea Public Library Gearing Up for the Summer
The Chelsea Public Library promises to be a cool place to visit for patrons of all ages as the weather warms up this summer. Children’s librarian Katherine Palencia updated the city council on library activities during the public speaking portion…
Name Change Likely To Be Proposed in Historic Black Neighborhood
The city is taking steps to rename Arlington Street Extension to its original name of Walnut Street. Earlier this month, Stacey Smith, a fifth generation Chelsea resident and member of Chelsea Black Community, addressed the city council requesting the city…
City Council budget hearings get underway
The city council’s hearings on the proposed $245 million budget got underway on Monday night. City Manager Fidel Maltez and his administrative team gave a brief overview of the Fiscal Year 2025 operating budget, which is a $13.8 million increase,…
Conservation Law Foundation to file suit
Two oil terminals in Chelsea and Revere run by Global Partners, Ltd., are allegedly polluting the waters of Chelsea Creek with dangerous petroleum byproducts. The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has notified Global Partners, Ltd., that they intend to sue the…
Chelsea Teachers Union holds “walk-in” at schools in support of contract proposals
On Monday morning, members of the Chelsea Teachers Union “walk-in” at all 11 of the district’s schools to demonstrate the members support for the Union’s contract proposals, including paid parental and family medical leave, smaller class sizes and caseloads, and…
School attendance rates slip after several months of gains
After several months of good news on the attendance front, the Chelsea schools saw some slippage in the month of April. At last week’s school committee meeting, Deputy Superintendent Adam Deleidi presented the district’s monthly indicators of success. Those indicators…
School Committee student reps highlight CHS survey findings
School committee student representatives Josue Castellon and Jimmy Merino took center stage at last week’s meeting as they discussed the results of a recent survey of Chelsea High School students. “Over the past several months, we have released a survey…
GreenRoots and Supporters on Hand for Substation Hearing
The battle over the construction of an electricity transmission substation facility on the Chelsea Creek Waterfront in East Boston made it to the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts for a hearing on Monday. Local environmental justice nonprofit GreenRoots and the…
Nine New Positions in City Manager’s Proposed Budget
City Council budget hearings on a proposed $245 million Fiscal Year 2025 budget are scheduled to get underway on Monday, May 13 and run through Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. City manager Fidel Maltez officially presented the council with the FY25…