Chelsea Square, Cherry Street and Division Street will be transformed into a dining paradise as Chelsea’s restaurants look to open their expansive outdoor dining plans in collaboration with the City and Chelsea Prospers. Already, the Traffic Commission approved the plans…
Author: Seth Daniel
DACA Recipients in Chelsea Still on Edge Despite Favorable Ruling
There might have been a celebration last week after the Supreme Court decision that rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to end the DACA program after more than 10 years, but any such celebration in Chelsea was muted and wary of…
City Council, Residents Invited to Debate Merits of Taking down Columbus Statue
More than 500 years later, Christopher Columbus’s checkered past is finally catching up with him – at least in Chelsea and many other communities where he has been honored with statues and celebrations of his voyages. Several members of the…
Last Day of Schools Comes Quietly as Students Put Away ChromeBooks
Unless one was a kid with a ChromeBook, or a parent trying to remember how to teach division, few would have known that Monday was the last day of school in the Chelsea Public Schools. Yet, it was, and thousands…
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Iron Workers Local 7 Endorses Joe Gravellese for State Representative Iron Workers Local 7 has endorsed Joe Gravellese in the race for State Representative in the 16th Suffolk District (Revere, Chelsea, Saugus). Local 7 represents over 3,500 workers in New…
#ChalkArtSaturdays, June 20
‘We Are Together As One’ is this week’s theme Chalk Art Saturdays is a public art initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic presented by Chelsea Prospers, the City of Chelsea’s downtown initiative for neighborhood vitality. Inspired by Chalk Art…
Super Woman: Family, Volunteers and City Officials Surprise Gladys Vega on Her Birthday
It’s been a long three months for Gladys Vega – leading an organization that has focused on social justice and immigration issues for the last 20 year, but pivoted to being a key provider of basic food for 11,000 residents…
City, Schools Looking to Survive $5 Million Deficit Without Layoffs
The crisis of the City Budget is in full swing now as City Manager Tom Ambrosino submitted a $181 million City Budget to the City Council this week that is down by $2 million from last year – a first…
Bombs Bursting: Early, Loud, Ongoing Fireworks Have Residents Furious
Fireworks have struck a COVID-19 nerve this year, with Chelsea residents up in arms as louder and bigger fireworks seemingly go off every night all night long – and City officials and Chelsea Police are looking to crack down. Councilor…
City Officials, State Put a Stop to Demo Work on Chelsea Curves: Heated Meeting Takes Place Between Massdot, Officials
The Chelsea Curves state highway project has had a stop work order put on it temporarily for demolition work that has caused huge amounts of dust and filth to inundate neighborhoods like County Road – and City and State officials…