Chelsea Supt. Mary Bourque said just when urban educators plagued with a flawed funding formula thought they made some progress, the state yanked all that progress from under them recently. Bourque, the past president of the Massachusetts Association of School…
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Wynn Boston Harbor Still Moving Forward as Steve Wynn Steps Down
Wynn Boston Harbor officials are moving forward without a pause this week despite the news that dynamic Wynn CEO Steve Wynn has stepped down from leading the company, and the fact that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) investigation is digging…
Bicycle Laundry Looking to Locate on Willow Street
A commercial laundry that uses bicycles to pick up and deliver linens is looking to locate in the commercial/industrial property on Willow and Congress Streets. Wash Cycle Laundry, a company founded in Philadelphia that has delivered millions of pounds of…
City Council, Quiet Man Spar Over Meeting to Discuss Community Center
A proposal by former heavyweight boxing champ, and Chelsea native, John ‘The Quietman’ Ruiz has sparked major controversy over the past week in the follow-up to a preliminary meeting on the issue Feb. 6. The meeting on Feb. 6 was…
Brazilian National Sentenced for Scheme to Launder $20 Million in Proceeds from the Telexfree Fraud
A Brazilian national was sentenced Feb. 8 in federal court in Boston for conspiring to launder approximately $20 million in proceeds from the TelexFree pyramid scheme – a scheme that affected hundreds of Chelsea residents. Authorities reported finding the money…
North Suffolk Mental Health Association Partnering With CHA to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Local Cities
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health-system serving Everett and Boston’s metro-north region, is teaming up with the North Suffolk Mental Health Association (NSMHA) to help get individuals struggling with addiction connected to treatment by piloting a new recovery-coach…
Officials Attend Local Symposium on Ways to Fight Opioid Crisis in the Workplace
Forty-year-old Lily was a vibrant, loving mother who was an organist at her church, and known for her delicious baked goods. Privately, she suffered from serious depression, self- medicating herself with alcohol. Lily’s daughter, Secretary of Massachusetts Executive Office of…
Chelsea Homeless Census
On Feb. 1, Bill Zanparelli examines an abandoned car, found during Homeless Census Canvas “Project Opening Door” in Parking lot in Chelsea, MA. The car has broken windows and all windows are cardboarded with 2 flat tires. The volunteers suspect…
Remembering ‘Bear’ Burke
When the Chelsea Youth Baseball League, more widely known as the Pony League, was at its height of popularity from the late 1960s through the 1980s, when large crowds made their way to Merritt and Voke Parks for nightly games,…
Garcia Selected as Political Surrogate for Senator Elizabeth Warren
Chelsea City Councilor Judith Garcia announced that she has been selected as a political surrogate on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s reelection campaign, chosen from a sprawling list of notable political figures in the state. The 26-year-old, now in her second term,…