Help is on the way for homeowners that find themselves with increasing tax bills, as the City Council on Monday voted 10-0 to transfer $750,000 to the Homeowner Stabilization Program to help some owner-occupants with tax increases. The Homeowner Stabilization…
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Cataldo Could Be Key for Distributing Covid Vaccine
When Cataldo Ambulance company became the first in the state last year to become licensed for a mobile integrated health unit – something they dub SmartCare – they could have never imagined the unit would be called on for critical…
EVO Real Estate Group, Onpoint Capital Holds Food Drive at Spencer Flats, Chelsea
EVO Real Estate Group and OnPoint Capital held a food drive at Spencer Flats, 208 Spencer Ave., Chelsea. EVO residential sales agents Paul Passacantilli and Karina Mejia were present at the beautiful, new condominium complex to host the event and…
Baker Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Step Three
By Lauren Bennett The Baker administration on Tuesday announced that all Massachusetts cities and towns will roll back to Step Three, Phase One of the state’s reopening plan, effective Sunday, December 13. Following increases in hospitalizations and cases after the…
Santa Parade to Go Through Chelsea on Dec. 19
Santa’s always been mobile, but COVID-19 this year has him moving quite efficiently. The City, Chamber of Commerce and a number of partners are coming together to have Santa Claus hosted in a parade through Chelsea on Dec. 19 from…
News Briefs
COVID Case Update Positive cases in Chelsea blew up in the days after Thanksgiving with a huge spike in cases, registering 376 positive cases of COVID-19 between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6. That was more than double the amount of…
School Updates
District Updates •School Committee Members were recognized at last week’s meeting for their roles as Chairwoman, Vice-chair, Delegate to the City Council, and Delegate to the Shore Collaborative. Each member received a certificate and Chairwoman Kelly Garcia received a special…
Baker Administration Orders First COVID-19 Vaccines, Expects December Delivery
The state submitted the Commonwealth’s initial vaccine order to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and expects to get 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. The federal government allocated Massachusetts 59,475 doses…
Temporary Closures on Route 1 Southbound and Arlington Street
During the weeks of December 7 and December 14, there will be nightly weekday closures of Route 1 Southbound Monday through Friday each week from 9PM to 5AM. The detour for those closures will be that southbound traffic will exit Route 1 at Carter Street,…
Dedicated Bus Lane to Start on Mystic/Tobin Bridge This Monday
The heavily-used 111 bus route will become the most prioritized route in the MBTA system starting on Monday when a 1.1 mile dedicated bus lane from Chelsea to Charlestown begins on the Mystic/Tobin Bridge – a pilot program brought on…