Northeast Metro Tech APPROVED FOR new building Superintendent David DiBarri, Principal Carla Scuzzarella and School Committee Chair Deborah Davis are pleased to announce that the Massachusetts School Building Authority approved Northeast Metro Tech’s proposal for a new building. During a…
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Meridian Bancorp, Inc. and East Boston Savings Bank Announce Their 2018 Commitment to Their Employees, Infrastructure and Charitable Giving
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Meridian”) (NASDAQ: EBSB), the holding company for East Boston Savings Bank (the “Bank”), following the new tax law being passed by Congress and signed by the President on December 22, 2017, announced the following…
From the FBI Building Opening to MS-13 Guilty Pleas,Chelsea was Full of News in 2017
By Seth Daniel There were more than a few big news items in Chelsea this year. In fact, there were too many to include in a review of the year in news as the city began to move faster and…
Chelsea-Based Roca will Launch New Public-Private Partnership with Baltimore
Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh announced this month a $17 million public-private partnership with Roca, anchor business institutions and philanthropic organizations to help Baltimore’s highest risk young people disrupt cycles of poverty and incarceration. Roca is a Massachusetts-based group that has earned…
Housing Program Helps Families Survive Crisis Without Turning to Shelters
By Seth Daniel The Metro Housing Boston organization reported this month that their transition assistance program for families in crisis helped 70 families in Chelsea with a total expenditure of $190,623 locally. Outside of Boston, Chelsea was the one community…
CHS Winter Concert
Chelsea High School senior Brandon Lazo performs ‘Carol Of The Bells’ for his piano solo during the annual CHS Winter Concert on Friday, Dec. 15. The evening included music, dance and percussion all performed to a packed house in the…
Ugly Puppy Sweater
Kelly Klempa and Bently, wearing matching elf sweaters, during the Mystic Brewery and Polkadog Bakery Ugly Puppy Sweater Party on Saturday,Dec. 16, at the taproom. Scores of dogs and their owners, all decked out in their worst holiday gear, converged…
City Hall Clock Tower Unveils New Lighting Scheme
By Seth Daniel Let there be light atop the Chelsea City Hall. This Monday, the City officially unveiled a light illumination feature in the clock tower of City Hall – a feature that can be seen prominently from Rt. 1…
St Rose Piazza Christmas Décor Turns Heads on Broadway
By Seth Daniel An electrified Nativity scene outfitted with a blazingly bright star is just one of the many spectacular light displays on the new piazza to the north of St. Rose Church – a light display that started humbly…
Standish Steps Down,Collaborative’s Gladys Vega to Planning Board
By Seth Daniel In the last meeting of the year for the City Council, members voted in several new appointments and re-appointments to City boards – including the approval of long-time activist Gladys Vega to sit on the Planning Board.…