Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined a group of local non-profit leaders, including Chelsea Collaborative Director Gladys Vega, and advocates at the East Boston Library to kickoff year-long outreach campaign to ensure a fair and complete count in the 2020 U.S.…
Author: John Lynds
Beacon Hill Lawmakers Attend Chelsea Soldiers’ Home Legislative Breakfast
Last Friday members of the state legislature, including Speaker Robert DeLeo and Rep. Dan Ryan, attended the annual Legislative Breakfast at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. While the breakfast’s format usually gives the opportunity for Soldiers’ Home staff and residents to…
Chelsea Stands in Solidarity with East Boston over Proposed Eversource Substation
Environmentalists, activists, residents and elected officials on both sides of the Chelsea Creek are standing in solidarity with one another in firm opposition to Eversources plan to place a substation at the City Yards in East Boston along the Chelsea…
Equitable Access:Chelsea School Leaders Demand Educational Equity for All Students at Malden Forum
Chelsea School Superintendent Mary Bourque and Chelsea City Manager Thomas Ambrosino were two panelists Tuesday night at Malden High School during a forum calling on legislators to overhaul the state’s current educational funding model to ensure equity for all students,…
Environmentalists Want a Sit-Down with Mayor Walsh Over Substation
On Wednesday morning local environmentalists from East Boston and Chelsea gathered at Boston City Hall to deliver 700 postcards to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh asking for the mayor to meet with residents on both sides of the Chelsea Creek to…
Massport CEO Thomas Glynn Announces Intention to Step Down
After six years as head of Massport, CEO Thomas Glynn announced last week that he would step down from the post in November, a year earlier than his contract. Glynn said his last days at Massport will be in November…
Massport CEO Thomas Glynn Stepping Down
After six years as head of Massport, CEO Thomas Glynn announced he would step down from the post in November, a year earlier than his contract. Glynn said his last days at Massport will be in November eben though his…
Veronica Robles Cultural Center to Hold First Uniting Borders Multicultural Festival
In response to the U.S. border crisis, and the recent ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the Trump Administration’s travel ban for some Muslim countries, local community leader Veronica Robles has decided to host an uplifting celebration of all…
Border Crisis:Senator Markey, EBNHC Administrators, Healthcare Professionals Talk About the Health Impacts of Separating Children from Families at the Border
Flanked by the state’s leading doctors, psychiatrists and pediatricians U.S. Senator Edward Markey delivered an emotional speech discussing the health impacts on children and families caused by separating children from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico. The press…
MBTA Approve Funding of $50,000 for Red Line/Blue Line Connector Study
Linking the only two MBTA train lines that have no connection has been something residents in Chelsea and surrounding communities have been asking and waiting for since the 1970s. The Red Line/Blue Line Connector has long been a bone of…