By Seth Daniel The City Council president race has been quietly going back and forth between Council President Leo Robinson and Council Vice President Damali Vidot for the last several weeks. The showdown will likely continue as both court their…
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9-1-1 Dispatchers Apologize for No Confidence Vote on Verdone
By Seth Daniel The Chelsea 9-1-1 Dispatchers Union made a public apology Monday night, Dec. 4, at the City Council meeting to former Assistant Emergency Management Director Robert Verdone for issuing a No Confidence Vote against him on Oct. 1,…
Chelsea Housing Extends Visitor Time for Hurricane Victims
By Seth Daniel As Puerto Rican residents continue to trickle into Chelsea following the massive Hurricane Maria devastation, the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) announced they would extend the time visitors are allowed to stay with residents – and also consider…
A Big Request:City Makes Big Ask of MassDOT for Viaduct Project Mitigation
By Seth Daniel City Manager Tom Ambrosino and the City Council have submitted an eye-opening mitigation package to the MassDOT to accommodate the upcoming Chelsea Viaduct project – a major rehabilitation project of the elevated highway leading to the Tobin/Mystic…
Darren Moore, Retired Firefighter and CHS Star Athlete, Dies at the Age of 52
By Cary Shuman City Council President Leo Robinson and the Chelsea community are fondly remembering retired Chelsea firefighter Darren Moore, who died on Saturday, Nov. 25 at the age of 52. Many of Darren’s classmates and friends learned of his…
Late Jazz Artist Fundraising Show to Close Down Spencer Gallery
By Seth Daniel It’s only appropriate that Victor Bailey would close down the Spencer Lofts Gallery. The world-famous jazz musician, who passed away last year from complications related to MS/ALS, once lived at the Spencer Lofts while working as a…
ZBA Approves Eleanor Street Apartment Building
By Leah Dearborn The Chelsea Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved a new apartment building project at 25 Eleanor St. on what is currently an industrial building with parking lot. The approval came during the Nov. 14 meeting and the…
News Briefs
By Seth Daniel CORRECTION A story in the Nov. 16 Chelsea Record on the setting of the tax rate inadvertently described an increase in two-family homes. The story said two-family homes were to see the highest tax increase among all…
Three Sisters to be at Apollinaire
Apollinaire Theatre presents Chekhov’s masterwork ‘Three Sisters’ in an intimate production staged in three locations in the theater for what will be a 30-person limited performance at each show. Chekhov’s dark human comedy of longing for a better life is…
Councillor Wants Answers on 5th St Onramp
By Seth Daniel The upcoming Chelsea Viaduct state highway project may include plans to eliminate the 5th Street onramp next to the Williams School, and Councillor Roy Avellaneda said he wants answers about the plan. Avellaneda said at the Nov.…