As Encore Boston Harbor lobbies the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) to install automated drink dispensers in its back-of-house bar area, it is also vehemently disputing stories that 70 employees will be laid off as a result of using that new…
Author: Seth Daniel
News Briefs
MLK Breakfast and Celebration The People’s AME Church and the Chelsea community will present the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast and celebration on Jan. 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The theme this year will be ‘I…
LimeBike Ends Bike-Share Relationship Local Communities
Despite healthy demand for the LimeBike dockless bike rental service in Revere, the company announced this week it wouldn’t be renewing its contract with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) – the regional planning agency that helped to propagate the…
Councilor Avellaneda Takes Council President in Close Vote: New Councillors Join Incumbents for the 2020-21 Session
The City Council is heading into 2020 with a new president. At Monday night’s organizational meeting, the council voted 6-5 to elect At-Large Councillor Roy Avellaneda as the new president over fellow At-Large Councillor Damali Vidot, who has led the…
New Chapter: Councillor Vega-Maldonado Will Bring Activism, Environmental Justice to the Chambers
When Councillor Melinda Vega-Maldonado decided to run for the District 2 Council seat, there weren’t a lot of introductions necessary. The lifelong Chelsea resident was born into a storied family in the City, and cut her own political path early…
Man With a Million Stories: Charlie Lanzillo Turns 100, Remembers Chelsea
When Charlie ‘Honey’ Lanzillo was growing up on Chester Avenue, there was always a way to make a few cents around the neighborhood. In what was then a predominately Jewish city at the time, the way for a non-Jewish kid…
Chelsea Firefighter Helps to Save Man During New Year’s Eve Concert
Chelsea Fire Capt. Michael Thompson and a Cambridge Police officer are being lauded this week for their efforts – while off-duty – to help save a man who had a heart attack during a sold out New Year’s Eve concert…
News Briefs
MLK Breakfast and Celebration The People’s AME Church and the Chelsea community will present the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast and celebration on Jan. 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The theme this year will be ‘I…
Central Avenue Shows to Be a Proven Concept as It Moves Ahead in Chelsea
With the finish line in sight on the Innes Apartments (Central Avenue) redevelopment project, both leaders of the development team at Corcoran Companies and the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) are touting the concept behind the public-private housing approach. After more…
—— A Year in Review —––— As the Decade Comes to a Close, We Look Back at Chelsea Through the Year
From enlivening the downtown like never before to approving key projects like the Innes Public Housing redevelopment, the City embarked on a new era in 2019. While there continued to be more participation from long-time residents in the City, there…