The Chelsea Record and the Chelsea Collaborative have agreed this week to sponsor a candidates’ forum at the Burke Complex auditorium on Monday, Oct. 26, for City Council and School Committee candidates. The forum will seek to include all candidates…
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‘We Need a Plan’ Robinson,Council Call for a Master Planning Effort
City councillors unanimously passed an order Monday night proposed by Council President Leo Robinson calling for an entire Master Planning process for Chelsea. The call comes on the heels of the 692-unit, two-building apartment complex being approved on Everett Avenue…
Ambrosino said It’s Time To Invest in City Services
City Manager Tom Ambrosino said this week that he believes it’s time for the City to invest in everything from Broadway infrastructure to more firefighters. Ambrosino said the City has been very conservative in its financial approach over the years,…
Sgt.Christopher Young Vars of Chelsea MIA/POW Remains Buried at Woodlawn
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Arthur Vars had always heard about his uncle, Sgt. Christopher Young Vars but no one ever knew what became of him after his troop battled in North Korea and was overrun by Chinese forces near the…
Behind the Scenes:A Day When Racing Returned at Suffolk Downs
By Joe Prezioso Empty barns and buildings line the back lot of Suffolk Downs. Birds and bees have made their nests and hives; and plants grow where horses once trained. Some buildings look like they haven’t been used in a…
ZBA Approves Special Permit for Everett Ave
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved a special permit for a planned development of 692 apartment units in two high-rise buildings on Everett Avenue across from the high school during its meeting on Tuesday night, Oct. 13. The project…
TelexFree Meeting Attracts Hundreds,Expectations Tempered
Hundreds of disgruntled former investors in the TelexFree scam from Chelsea packed into the Burke School Complex last Wednesday, Oct. 7, and heard some rather disappointing news. The disappointing news came in that no one should plan to get all…
Lobster Man
First mate Mark Florentino leans over with a hook to pull up the buoy attached to a set of lobster traps in Boston Harbor.
Sixt Rent A Car Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Sixt Rent A Car held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at its new offices located at 123 Eastern Ave., Chelsea. Sixt president, CEO, and owner Paula Vercollone and vice president and owner Jack Vercollone led the ribbon-cutting ceremony and were joined…
Displaced Tenants at Broadway Glen Worry about Apt. Conditions
Long before a flood inundated several floors of the Broadway Glen low-income high rise apartment building on Sept. 12, tenants said owners had allegedly sat on reoccurring problems that plagued the building, and tenants who are now displaced from the…