Starbucks is cool as ice inside on a hot sunny day. Shown above are the staff attending to their duties and customers preparing to take their coffee drinks with them inside the new facility which oozes panache. The opening of…
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Ethanol Trains Stopped by Governor and Legislature
Governor Deval Patrick signed a transportation bill last week that gave approval to an amendment offered by Senator Anthony Petruccelli that stops train delivery of ethanol through a number of cities and towns, which includes Chelsea. The train tracks to…
Ante Up: Suffolk Downs Puts Up Money for Application Process
The owners of Suffolk Downs ponied up $400,000 last Friday and marched the check over to the offices of the Gaming Commission where it was left with officials there. Thus began the real opening salient in what is expected to…
Pride Football Scrambling to Salvage Lost Season
The North East Conference Youth Football League (NECYFL), which Chelsea Pride participated in, led by league President Luis Spano and a board comprised of several other acting presidents from surrounding cities, unanimously voted Tuesday night to restrict Chelsea Pride from…
Project Improves Walk to School
As school approaches, the path that many of Chelsea’s school kids travel has just received major improvements. The State’s “Safe Routes to School” Program has directed $750,000 to Chelsea for those improvements. “”We’re committed to make sure that kids, especially…
New Park in the Box District
Where am I? Wow! That might best sum up the feelings of many who have driven by the new park in the Box District. The new park has excited interest as never before in the value of open space with…
Collaborative Returns Money to Catholic Church Won’t Tolerate Intolerance to Gay Men and Women
Last week, the Chelsea Collaborative returned a $40,000 donation to the Catholic Church when the church apparently placed stipulations on the expenditure of the money which would preclude the Collaborative from using the fund to benefit gay men and women.…
George Ostler Talks About WWII
A film crew lead by Documentarian/Producer/Director, Neal Cortell, (right) was in town Monday to interview Chelsea Historian and highly decorated war hero George Ostler (seated) for a segment in 1 of a series of 3 feature length documentaries about various…
ROCA Selected for New Social Investment Program
One of the state’s most innovative at-risk youth service providers has been selected to participate in a groundbreaking social investment program being implemented right now by the state. Massachusetts will be the first state to implement the ‘pay for success’…
The Music Plays On: Recording Industry Legend Joe Smith Donates Taped Interviews to Library of Congress in D.C.
Joe Smith is one of Chelsea’s greatest success stories. He grew up on Bellingham Street, served as president of the Class of 1945 at Chelsea High School – and became one of the most respected executives in the history of…