The City has announced that they have hired a landscape architect to present a Master Plan for renovating the Garden Cemetery – with Phase 1 starting as early as this fall. The goal, said Planner Karl Allen, is to have…
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Top 100 City Salary Earners Dominated by Public Safety Employees
The Top 100 City employee earners list (below) from 2017 was released this week and it showed that, as has become routine, that it is dominated by police and fire personnel. A total of 41 of the top 100 came…
City Leaders, Community Rejoices with Ban of Alcohol Nip Bottles
The bottles are little, but their size does not hide the volume of litter they create, nor the public drunkenness they spark. And so it is, the License Board and City leaders worked together with Chelsea Police recently to ban…
The Top of His Field:Fitness and Nutrition Expert Michael Wood Releases a New Book
Michael Wood was a towering presence in the city of Chelsea, a left-handed fireballer in the Chelsea Little League who attended the Shurtleff School with fellow classmates, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash and Boston College graduate Paula…
Driver Convicted of All Charges in Fatal 2016 Collision
A Suffolk Superior Court jury Wednesday, May 30, convicted a drunk driver of killing 25-year-old Marco Salguero-Cruz in Chelsea and speeding away from the scene after a night of drinking at a Chelsea bar. Jurors convicted Jose Daniel Arevalo, 35,…
News Briefs
YOUTH COMMISSION APPLICATIONS SOUGHT The City of Chelsea is accepting applications for its Youth Commission. Members of the Youth Commission will advise and assist the City Council, the School Committee, and the City Manager in the development of policies, programs,…
MS-13 Member Admits Guilt in Murder of 16-Year-Old Boy
An MS-13 member pleaded guilty recently in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston. The victim was identified as Christofer Perez de la Cruz. Jairo Perez, a/k/a “Seco,” 27, a…
Chief Albanese Declares June is Porch Fire Safety Month in Chelsea
In the wake of two major rear porch fires in Chelsea – one just last Sunday – Fire Chief Leonard Albanese is declaring June to be Porch Fire Safety month. “The Chelsea Fire Department is sponsoring a Porch Fire Safety…
Troopers Arrest Suspect with Loaded Gun, Trafficking Weight Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine
Late Tuesday afternoon, two members of the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, working with an FBI agent, arrested a Boston man in Chelsea who was carrying an illegally owned firearm and trafficking weight amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on…
Member of MS-13 Sentenced for Murder of 15-Year-Old in Eastie
An MS-13 member was sentenced recently in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 15-year-old boy in East Boston. Joel Martinez, a/k/a “Animal,” 23, a Salvadoran national formerly residing in East Boston, was sentenced to…