Ashley Rodriguez is heading to Hollywood. Rodriguez, a Chelsea High School graduate and senior at the famed Berklee School of Music, earned a highly coveted spot on Season Nine of Fox Television’s “American Idol” after excelling at an audition held…
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Career criminals, troublemakers arrested in citywide sweep
A series of raids conducted throughout the city last Friday by state, local and federal law enforcement officers, has led to the arrest of 16 career criminals. All the arrests were made without incident although an FBI Swat Team was…
Candidates lining up for likely special election
One week has passed since former Senator Anthony Galluccio was sent to prison and resigned his senate seat after failing to comply with the stipulations of his probation. With State Senate President Therese Murray apparently on the verge of announcing…
Nowicki endorses Flaherty for Senate
The Committee to Elect Tim Flaherty today announced that former Chelsea City Council President Paul Nowicki, who ran against Flaherty in the 2007 special election for the Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex state senate seat, has endorsed Flaherty’s candidacy. “It’s not…
City government sworn in at city hall ceremony
The 2010 Chelsea City Government was sworn in at inaugural ceremonies held inside a packed city council chamber Monday night. City Clerk Robert Bishop did the official swearing in of the city council and the school committee. Bishop had the…
Clayman is in; Bishop is out – City Clerk position changing hands
Former city clerk Robert Bishop is fighting to get his job back after being bumped by Debbie Clayman, a senior member of the Steel Worker’s union they are both members of. Six members of the city council rallied to his…
Senator Galluccio jailed; resigns senate seat
State Senator Anthony Galluccio was jailed Monday afternoon for violating the stipulations of the house arrest placed upon him for his involvement in a hit and run automobile accident in Cambridge in October, has resigned his seat. In a letter…
Homicide on Grove Street
A 25 year-old Chelsea man has been arrested by Chelsea Police detectives in connection with a homicide that took place on Grove Street late Monday night. This is the first homicide of the New Year in the city. Marvin Garcia,…
Chelsea Rotarian Realizes a Dream
Chelsea Rotarian, Juan Gallego, had a dream, and three years later, after months of talking, planning and fundraising, the dream has come true. In spring of 2006, Juan volunteered for a medical mission in Perreira, Colombia to provide surgery to…
Out with the Old, in with the new
It isn’t just the Year 2009 coming to an end. The decade is finished – a new decade is nearly upon us. The first decade of the New Millennium in political terms was the Jay Ash decade. As one decade…