By Seth Daniel It reads like an off-color joke, but it wasn’t any joke on Monday night when a councillor, a reverend, a Republican and a clerk with a phobia of elevators got trapped for 45-minutes in the City Hall…
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Council Continues to Push for Appointed Board Reforms
By Seth Daniel By most accounts, the order put in by Councillor Giovanni Recupero on Monday night to effectively put term limits on members of appointed boards and commissions in the city would have been voted down in year’s past.…
Momentum for Plastic Bag Ban Grows, Not Everyone on Board
By Seth Daniel A major first jab at banning plastic shopping bags took place at City Hall on Tuesday night, Jan. 23, and many believe that momentum is gathering for the ban. Council President Damali Vidot and Councillor Enio Lopez…
CAPIC – Celebrating 50 Years of Community Service – 2017 Highlights
During 2017, CAPIC celebrated its 50th year as a community action agency. Since 1967, CAPIC has served as the federal and state designated Community Action Agency for the communities of Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop although in 1965 the City of…
Guatemalan Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution
A Guatemalan national was charged this week in federal court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of fentanyl, worth approximately $1.25 million. Rene Alejandro Salazar Reyes, 26, was charged by complaint with one count…
Chelsea Wards to Elect Delegates to Democratic State Convention
Registered Democrats in these will hold a caucus on February 3, 2018, 10:00 a.m. at Chelsea Library to elect delegates and alternates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. This year’s state convention will be held June 1-1 DCU Center…
The Chelsea Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Celebration
The Chelsea Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration was commemorated in song, in speech and in camaraderie on Monday, Jan. 15, at Chelsea High School.Keynote Speaker Rev. Basil Yarde related how King inspired him as a young man. The…
Bruins’ Singer Entertains
Boston Bruins’ famous National Anthem singer, Rene Rancourt, has spent 41 years singing before Bruins contests, and last Thursday, Jan. 11, he spent an afternoon at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home singing and entertaining residents and staff. The time was put…
Anti-Bullying Week Kicks Off at Collaborative, CHS
By Seth Daniel The Chelsea Collaborative youth leaders and Chelsea High School are combining their efforts this week to bring unprecedented attention to Anti-Bullying Week. On Tuesday afternoon, youth leaders kicked off the week with a program at the Chelsea…
Doors Now Open:Medical Marijuana Clinic Opens in Sullivan Square, Sees Large Amount of Customers
By Seth Daniel The first medical marijuana dispensary in the Lower Mystic region has opened its doors in Sullivan Square on Broadway, Somerville, and operators of the clinic, Revolutionary Clinics, said last week at an open house they are seeing…