A new and innovative mural has been installed on Blossom & Carter St, Chelsea, MA 02150. Local artist, Franz Israel, designed and painted a mural of 50 feet long x 15 high: 8 large animal characters from the series “Animalia”…
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State Health Officials Announce Increased Risk of WNV in Chelsea
Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced two new human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state this year. Both individuals are male, one in his 50s and the other in his 70s and both…
Restore Happy Hours? Are They Crazy?
There seems to be a move afoot to place a ballot question for the November, 2022, state election that would allow for the return of so-called Happy Hours (a/k/a, drink as much as you can, as fast as you can)…
CHS Roundup
CHS Fall Sports Start This Week The 2021 fall sports season swings into gear this week with all of the Chelsea High sports teams engaging in their season-openers. The Red Devil volleyball team, under the direction of head coach Gabriel…
Obituaries 09-09-2021
Jay Voke Well known as “Jay from Chelsea” on The Howie Carr Show Jay Voke, a lifelong resident of Chelsea, passed away peacefully on September 1 at the age of 64. Jay was educated in Chelsea schools and graduated from…
Back To School In Chelsea
Transfer Student Disparities Grow Across Racial and Ethnic Lines
In the 2020-21 academic year, higher education lost about 191,500 transfer students, or 8.4% compared to the previous year, according to research released today by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress Academic Year 2020-21…
Florence & Chafetz Expands Assisted Living Memory Care with Twelve New Apartments
Florence & Chafetz Home, a specialized memory support residence operated by Chelsea Jewish Lifecare, is pleased to announce the expansion of its assisted living memory care residences on September 1,2021. The twelve newly open private studio apartments, each with a…
People of Chelsea: Terry and Joe England — 2020
By Darlene DeVita (The following is one in a series of sneak peeks at the upcoming People of Chelsea additions by Photographer Darlene DeVita. The new work will ultimately appear on the fence of the Chelsea Public Library (CPL) this…
News Briefs
Serve on the ARPA Board – Get Paid! Signed into effect by President Biden on March 11, 2021, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) seeks to help the country recover from the devastating impacts of the pandemic, providing…