It’s something that is always threatened under Republican presidential administrations so it came as a surprise to many in Chelsea when President Barack Obama singled out Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) as something to cut in his State of the…
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Jerry Zullo, Self-made Businessman, Fixture in Neighborhood
Jerry Zullo, a former Chelsea resident and longtime East Boston businessman who owned several restaurants in East Boston for nearly a half a century, died on Saturday, February 5 following complication from pneumonia at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers.…
A Look at Another City Manager
We tend to give City Manager Jay Ash a great deal of credit for the excellent job he’s done. He’s been doing his thing here for nearly a decade – and quite frankly – in its modern history, the city…
HCHA Holds Annual Legislative Breakfast
State and local officials joined community health leaders at the Harbor Community Health Alliance’s Annual Legislative Breakfast Friday at the Winthrop Senior Center. City Manager Jay Ash, State Reps. Eugene O’Flaherty and Kathi-Anne Reinstein, State Sen. Sal DiDomenico, and Speaker of…
Top Rep- Chelsea Representative Ascends to Leadership Position in the House of Representatives
Just call her number four. Revere and Chelsea State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) got tapped last week by House Speaker Bob DeLeo (D-Winthrop) to ascend to the fourth highest leadership position in the state House of Representatives. DeLeo made news…
Suspect Charged with First-degree Murder
A Malden man spent an evening socializing with Angel Acevedo and Jenret Appleberry in their Chelsea home before shooting them to death in cold blood on Labor Day, according to prosecutors. Last week Steven Andre, 22, was formally charged with…
Connecticut Bank Buys out Danversbank for nearly $500 million
Danversbank has announced that they will be bought out by People’s United Bank of Bridgeport, CT, for a cash and stock deal worth $493 million. The deal is still pending approvals, but is expected to be successful. Danversbank has local…
MGH Experts Appear on Chelsea TV
Robert Bradley, right, executive director of Chelsea Community Cable Television, hosted “Hypertension Panel Presentation: Learn from the MGH Experts” about the condition of hypertension or high blood pressure. The experts, from left, are Dr. Robert Schainfeld of the MGH Vascular…
Residential Programs Come Under Scrutiny following Murder of Mental Health Counselor
The brutal murder of a mental health counselor at a halfway house on Ocean Avenue in Revere last Thursday, allegedly by her mentally ill patient from Chelsea, has left questions that may never be answered. The genesis of why that violent…
City Declares Snow Emergency with Heavy Snowfall Expected
With forecasters predicting a snowfall that could be as high as 10” and as little as 6”, the city was taking no chancestaking anything for granted regarding the possible outcome on Thursday. City Manager Jay Ash declared a snow emergency…