There are no shortage of laws and protections that state government and local leaders have put in place to protect residents, but the law on paper and the reality on the street sometimes don’t match up. That’s why Attorney General…
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Despite Empty Roads, State’s Traffic Fatality Rate Doubled in April, Massdot Says
By Lauren Bennett With COVID-19 causing less traffic on roads across the Commonwealth, speeding and traffic fatalities have increased over the past month, MassDOT said on Monday in an online press conference. Gov. Charlie Baker has routinely addressed residents and…
‘Operation Connecting Veterans Home’ Launched To Connect Isolated Veterans With Loved Ones
Brighton Marine, a non-profit organization that supports Veterans and their families throughout Massachusetts, today announced “Operation Connecting Veterans Home,” an initiative to connect isolated Veterans with loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, when visitors to facilities like Soldiers’ Homes are…
Care Dimensions Celebrates Chelsea Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses
Care Dimensions, the largest provider of hospice and palliative care services in Massachusetts, celebrates National Nurses Week, May 6 -12 by honoring its 301 nurses, most of whom are board certified in hospice and palliative care. “Every day, the skill…
Chelsea Councilor Damali Vidot Announces Run for State Rep.
Damali Vidot, former President of the Chelsea City Council, is running for the 2nd Suffolk State House District seat currently held by State Rep. Dan Ryan. The district covers a majority of the City of Chelsea and all of the…
News Briefs
Temporary Housing for Residents to Safely Recover from COVID-19 Beginning April 16, the Quality Inn in Revere will be used as temporary housing for Chelsea and Revere residents sick with COVID-19 who are in need of a safe, non-overcrowded place…
Unemployment Data Shows New Claims Are Overwhelmingly from White Residents
For the fourth week in a row, new unemployment claims were lower than the previous week, and new data from the state shows that more than 80 percent of new claims since March 15 came from residents describing themselves as…
Traffic Impacts for Railroad Crossing Work in Chelsea, Everett
The MBTA is building a new, fully accessible Chelsea Commuter Rail station next to the final SL3 stop in Chelsea. When complete, the new station will connect the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Lines to the SL3. While building the new station,…
Numbers of Chelsea cases on the decline day over day
Opening up will be possible, but questions remain about economics of it all There is a bit of good news this week regarding the numbers of new COVID-19 cases in Chelsea day over day, with the numbers of new cases…
Good News: Testing at senior buildings reveals very few cases
With the rates of infections in Chelsea so high, for most they figured it was a given that the senior citizen buildings at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) would be overwhelmed with COVID-19 infections – but after aggressive testing over…