The St. Patrick’s Day parades might have been cancelled, but the Chelsea Kiwanis Club celebrated the luck of the Irish, albeit a week later, with a virtual Shamrock Bingo evening over Zoom with more than 50 participants from throughout New…
Author: Record Staff
State Announces Funding for Chelsea TDI Program
The Baker-Polito Administration announced $510,000 in funding for 10 organizations to provide relief for small businesses in Gateway Cities during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Through MassDevelopment’s Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Local COVID-19 Emergency Grants program, developed in response to needs faced…
Former State Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty Joins Ballard Partners’ Washington, D.C. Office
Eugene O’Flaherty, former Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston and former state representative for Chelsea and Charlestown, is joining Ballard Partners, one of the top lobbying firms in the United States. In his role as Corporation Counsel, O’Flaherty was the…
The Markey-Warren-AOC Build Green Act Is Needed
The recent catastrophic winter-weather event in Texas has highlighted the degree to which our national infrastructure (among other things) has fallen victim to the penny-wise and pound-foolish thinking that has dominated our national politics for the past 40 years. The…
Guest Op-Ed: Pandemic Highlights the Contributions of Immigrants to Mass.
By Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco In Massachusetts, immigration is both history and destiny. Immigrants have been shaping the state’s economy, politics and culture since the 1700s. The COVID-19 pandemic is illuminating how their contributions will shape the Commonwealth well into the…
Guest Op-Ed: Taking Down the Christopher Columbus Statue was the Wrong Move
By Richard Smigielski In the last few days and weeks the conversations in the neighborhoods of Chelsea have centered on a few important topics. Some of them include: Have you been able to get the COVID-19 vaccine yet? Another: how do you feel…
Letter to the Editor
MAPC Applauds Gov. Baker for Signing Landmark Climate Bill To the Editor, The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston released the following statement thanking Gov. Baker for signing the new climate bill into law last week: We at MAPC…
Obituaries 04-01-2021
Norma Teofila Calix de Gonzalez Her life’s devotion was to her family, home and grand and great- grandchildren Norma Teofila Calix de Gonzalez passed into eternal life on Wednesday, March 24 due to Covid related illness. She was 65 years…