The City Council approved early voting dates and times for the Sept. 26 preliminary election at a special meeting on Monday night. The preliminary election is for District Four for City Council and District Seven for School Committee only. In…
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WBUR Hosting Listening Session for Latinx/Hispanic Community
One of Boston’s public radio stations is looking for input from Chelsea’s Latinx/Hispanic residents about the issues that affect them in the city. WBUR is hosting a community listening session on Tuesday, Sept. 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.…
September Service Changes Will Allow MBTA Crews To Continue Improvement
The MBTA announced service changes in September on the Red, Green, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill lines. The MBTA will continue working to improve service reliability across the system. Service changes will take place on the Red Line…
State Health Officials Announce Two Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the first two human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in state residents this year. One individual is a female in her 70s who was exposed to the virus in another part…
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Post Office Will be Closed to Celebrate Labor Day Postal Service employees across the commonwealth will celebrate Labor Day as all Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023. There will be no delivery of mail on the…
Area Planet Fitness Locations Donate School Supplies to Local Boys & Girls Clubs
Alder Partners LLC, an independent franchise group of Planet Fitness, owned and operated by the DeMartinis brothers, recently held a school supply drive at their nine Planet Fitness locations throughout the Boston area to support the Dorchester, Plymouth, and Salesian…
Chelsea KoC Charity Golf Tournament Honors Catherine ‘Cathy’ Lanzillo
The Chelsea Knights of Columbus (KoC) Charity Golf Tournament was held Sunday at the Apple Hill Golf Course in East Kingston, N.H. The tournament honored the memory of Catherine “Cathy” Lanzillo, a much admired and highly respected volunteer at the…
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National Grid Project To Delay Pocket Park Construction
No major concerns were raised about the design of the proposed Forsyth Pocket Park at a community meeting held earlier this month, according to Director of Housing and Community Development Alex Train. “We discussed with neighbors general operations and maintenance…
Chelsea and PAIR Project Partner on New Immigration Legal Services Program
Special to the Record The City’s Department of Housing and Community Development is launching a new program in partnership with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project, to provide high-quality immigration focused legal services to low-income Chelsea residents. Funding to operate…