Special To The Record Since 2013, Metro Housing|Boston has documented the effectiveness of Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT), a homelessness prevention program for households with low incomes that are experiencing a housing crisis. However, the pandemic has changed…
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DiDomenico Secures Funding for Area Non-Profit Organzations
On November 10, Senator Sal DiDomenico announced he successfully secured a total of $1 million in funding for local community non-profit organizations in the cities of Everett, Chelsea, Cambridge and Charlestown. These funds will give essential aid to non-profits working in these communities. DiDomenico’s amendment was included…
MBTA Seeking Applicants
The MBTA is aggressively hiring new employees to join its dynamic workforce. It takes many people to move over a million trips a day, and the 6,500-person MBTA is redoubling efforts to hire hundreds of open positions – from train…
NSMHA CEO Moore Announces Retirement
North Suffolk Mental Health Association Chief Executive Officer Jackie K. Moore, Ph.D., has announced her intent to retire after more than 16 years at the helm of the Chelsea-based behavioral health nonprofit. The NSMHA Board of Directors has engaged national…
Pearl Harbor Was 80 Years Ago
It was 80 years ago this coming week that the nation of Japan launched its attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, started this past Sunday evening and will culminate this coming Monday, December 6. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Congratulations, Brian Kelly
By Andrew Quigley Jr. For those of us who have followed the career of Chelsea native Brian Kelly as he has ascended the ranks over the past 30 years to rate among the top-tier of college football coaches, this week’s…
Obituaries 12-02-2021
Ruth Mary Gerace February 6, 1937 – November 20, 2021 Ruth Mary Cerace, born in Everett on February 6, 1937, daughter of the late John J. (Jack) and Marion R. (Jodrey) McCarthy, passed peacefully on November 20 at The Madonna…