Fact-based policy making To the Editor: In a letter entitled, “Keeping Our Water Supplies Safe” (Chelsea Record, 1/6/2017 Joseph Favaloro writes that mountain biking threatens the quality of the MWRA’s water, declared the best in the nation in 2014. Ironically,…
Author: Record Staff
Sports 01-26-2017
CHS Roundup Red Devils outlast Revere in wild one, 61-56 The Chelsea High boys basketball team earned a thrilling 61-56 victory over Revere last Wednesday evening at the CHS gym. The encounter with the Patriots, the Red Devils’ ancient foes…
Obituaries 01-26-2017
Anthony ‘Chubby’ Tiro Chelsea sports great and School Committee chairman Anthony “Chubby” Tiro of Saugus, formerly of Chelsea, died on January 11. He was the devoted husband for 58 years to Anna (Damiano); beloved father of Robert Tiro and his…
Appreciation:Chubby Tiro Was A True Chelsea Legend
By Cary Shuman Some knew him for his athletic excellence, a brilliant multi-sport career that took him from Essex Street and Shurtleff School to Chelsea High School, where he was an All-Scholastic, to a Division 1 college football scholarship at…
For Teachers,Giving to Students is Part of the Job
By Seth Daniel There is no line item in the Chelsea School Budget for teddy bears, but just the same Berkowitz School teacher Emily Malik stood in line at a local store on the North Shore with two cart-loads of…
Heat is On as FBI Building TIF Vote comes on Monday
By Seth Daniel Several city councillors have been surveying residents over the past week in anticipation of one of the biggest votes many have faced in quite some time – a decision on whether or not to grant a 20-year…
Not Now:Robinson says He Will Oppose Hotel Proposal on Second Street
By Seth Daniel A 139-room hotel project on Second Street behind the Mystic Mall is quickly falling into disfavor with some City leaders in advance of a Planning Board hearing this coming Tuesday, Jan. 24. City Council President Leo Robinson…
Police Continue Search for Murderer:Family Prepares to Bury 15-Year-Old
By Seth Daniel As Chelsea Police continue to work the case involving the murder of Jimmy Vasquez, 15, last Friday afternoon, Jan. 13, on Shurtleff Street, another family is preparing to bury a teen-age boy lost to street violence after…
New Marina Makes Big Splash on Boston Harbor
The Marina at Admiral’s Hill announced this week that a brand new multi-million-dollar waterfront development project is underway to bring a state-of-the-art marina to a desirable neighborhood on Boston Harbor in Chelsea. Designed to accommodate power boats and sailboats for…
Police Briefs 01-19-2017
POLICE Briefs by Seth Daniel and Paul Koolloian POLICE EXAM SEMINAR The City of Chelsea, in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Human Resources Division, will be holding a 2017 Police Exam recruitment and orientation seminar this event will be…