Starting on Tuesday, September 8, and continuing through Monday, November 30, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will commence parking enforcement along all DCR Parkways during street sweeping operations. On designated sweeping days, parking is prohibited at various times. Massachusetts…
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DiDomenico Serves as a Speaker on Virtual Mission on COVID
Senator Sal DiDomenico recently served as speaker on a virtual Mission: Readiness panel discussion to talk about COVID-19’s impact on early childhood education and child nutrition in Massachusetts. DiDomenico joined with retired Generals Jack Hammond and Mike Hall, Amy O’Leary…
Gladys Vega Honored by Gateway Cities
Despite growth in communities of color in Gateway Cities, Massachusetts’s non-profit and elected leadership remains overwhelmingly white. Meanwhile, the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have fallen disproportionately on the communities most underrepresented in leadership positions, like Chelsea. In the…
Save the Harbor and Brain Arts Bring You Beats on the Beach Virtual Music Contest
The environmental advocacy organization Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the non-profit Brain Arts Organization have teamed up this summer to connect people to the region’s public beaches during the pandemic through free virtual arts and wellness programs that amplify…
Casting a Ballot: Candidates, voters navigate one strange election season as Sept. 1 Primary approaches
Thousands of mail-in votes have been requested and hundreds have been cast in-person already for the Sept. 1 Primary Election as mail-in and in-person voting options have brought excitement to campaigns for U.S. Senate and State Representative in Chelsea and…
Virtual Taste of Chelsea set for September 14
The Taste of Chelsea, one of the premier events on the city’s social calendar for the past 16 years, will be virtual next month. Under the leadership of Joseph Vinard and the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, the “Tastes” have consistently…
Ambrosino confident governor will consider Chelsea’s unique situation
City Manager Tom Ambrosino said he is confident Gov. Charlie Baker will consider the extraordinary costs that Chelsea has borne in the next round of state and federal funding – saying the governor has been supportive with testing and the…
Quincy company comes in with massive redevelopment of Stop & Shop site
The new owners of the Stop & Shop store and land on the Parkway straddling the Everett/Chelsea line have proposed a massive redevelopment of the site, with 800 rental housing units and retail offerings that may or may not include…
Carter Street, Everett Avenue intersection project moves forward
The intersection of Carter Street and Everett Avenue is one of the busiest traffic areas in Chelsea. Chelsea High School is the main landmark, with students entering and exiting the school on to both streets. The popular Floramo’s Restaurant is…
Councilor Vidot cites leadership and values as key contrast in final week of the campaign
Damali Vidot, Chelsea City Councilor At-Large and current candidate for State Representative of Charlestown and Chelsea is using the last six days to make a final pitch to voters in Charlestown, and turn out for voters in Chelsea. “The response…