The Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA) reported varying degrees of success over their membership banks with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EDIL) – two key parts of the federal CARES Act that look to…
Author: Seth Daniel
Latino Residents Said to Be Infected at a Greater Rate than Others
Hospital officials and City officials are reporting this week that Latino residents – particularly in Chelsea, East Boston and Lawrence – are being infected with the COVID-19 virus at a greater rate than other groups. On Tuesday, Mass General Hospital…
Chelsea Collaborates on Hotel for COVID
The City has moved to create a partnership with Everett and Revere to potentially use a hotel on Rt. 1 in Revere to house COVID-19 patients who seemingly have nowhere else to go. Already, Ambrosino said, that has happened in…
State, non-profit to deploy 1,000 case workers to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients
Working with a non-profit partner, Gov. Charlie Baker called for 1,000 case workers to deploy throughout the state to track the people who had been in contact with patients who are positive for the COVID-19 virus. In his daily update,…
Gov. Baker says more ICU beds are needed; COVID death rate in Mass. is lower than other states
State’s trajectory could be lower due to less smokers and early social distancing Gov. Charlie Baker announced good and bad news on Thursday requiring the anticipated surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming 20 days – with the good news…
City Manager: Assume everyone has the virus and take precautions
City Manager Tom Ambrosino said there have been 113 cases of COVID-19 reported in Chelsea as of Tuesday evening, a number he said is likely meaningless due to the quick spread of the virus throughout Chelsea and all communities around…
‘I need a teacher!’
Chelsea High seniors grapple with the loss of activities, struggle to focus When Shakaya Moore-Perkins heard that school was going to be closed through the spring in mid-March, she said she was happy because she always wanted to do more…
Chelsea Soldiers’ Home suffers resident death to COVID-19, others positive
The Chelsea Soldiers’ Home is monitoring and trying to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 at the veterans’ home on the hill – with one veteran resident there dying of the virus on Tuesday night. According to a spokesperson for the…
CHA Everett doctor tells America ‘It just happened all at once’
A young attending physician at the CHA Everett hospital on Monday gave a peek to the entire country as to what’s happening in the city’s local hospital, and it was shocking and difficult news. Dr. Erin Beaumont is an attending…
GreenRoots establishes a 4 p.m. daily routine with conference call
It was a few weeks ago when one of the workers at GreenRoots told Directors Roseann Bongiovanni and Maria Belen Power that she though the coronavirus was going to be a major issue in Chelsea. No one doubted her, but…