Facing what many believed would be a catastrophic situation with evictions and Housing Court proceedings due to COVID-19, the state’s Housing Court reinvented it’s way of doing business last summer and fall and now – since re-opening for filings last…
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Eastern Minerals Looking at Off-Shore Wind Business
The ownership of Eastern Salt on Marginal Street said this week they are looking into expanding their business to provide a supporting role for the emerging off-shore wind industry in Massachusetts. Joe McNamee of Eastern Salt appeared at the Council…
Way to Grow, Chelsea Kiwanis: Local Service Club Experiences a Surge in Its Memberships
Anybody who watched Sylvia Ramirez build Chelsea Pop Warner into one of the premier youth football organizations in eastern Massachusetts knew the Chelsea Kiwanis Club would be in good hands. Ramirez, the high-energy president of the Kiwanis Club, revealed that…
Former State Senator Ben Downing Announces Candidacy for Governor
On Monday afternoon East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,” Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
Cromwell Announces Latest CBC Chelsea Trailblazer Award Recipients
Chelsea Black Community (CBC) President Joan Cromwell has announced the recipients of the Black History Month Chelsea Trailblazer Awards. This year the CBC is recognizing community leaders and local organizations for their important contributions and vital response to the COVID-19…
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Black History Month Online Programs •All month – Chelsea City Hall Art Gallery Exhibit, ‘Celebration of Family, Freedom, Healing, Love.’ •All month – Downtown Gallery 456 – Photography Exhibit “Family, Peace, Justice, Equality,” Photographer: Sharon Caulfield. •Feb. 18 – ‘Injustice…
DiDomenico Files Bill to Provide Free Universal School Meals
Sen. Sal DiDomenico has once again joined forces with anti-hunger organization Project Bread in sponsoring new legislation to provide free school meals to all children in the Commonwealth. SD519/HD1161, An Act relative to universal school meals, would allow every student who…
Construction Update: Chelsea Curves Construction Look-Ahead Through Feb. 20
Route 1 Traffic Impacts •Route 1 Northbound: Approaching the Tobin Bridge from Boston, the work zone begins in the right lane. 2 of 3 travel lanes will be open during daytime hours (5 a.m.–10 p.m.). •Route 1 Southbound: Approaching the…
Councillor Taylor Wants $300 Fireworks Fine
Last summer’s firecracker frenzy that kept the City – and really the region – up for days at a time will not get an encore is Councillor Todd Taylor has his say, along with thousands of residents that called him…
MCU to Merge With GMCU
Metro Credit Union (MCU), Massachusetts’ largest state-chartered credit union, today announced that it will merge with Gloucester Municipal Credit Union, founded in Gloucester, Mass in 1941, on February 26. Metro, which recently surpassed $2.3 billion in assets, will absorb GMCU’s…