The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recently arrested a Salvadoran national charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a family or household member. Deportation officers…
Joe Bevere, CHS ’75 Baseball Team Reunite for a Celebration at the Sagamore Club
From the moment he walked into the Sagamore Club last Wednesday night, Joe Bevere was clearly having the time of his life. Players from his 1975 Division 2 Eastern Mass. championship Chelsea High baseball team and other alumni were there…
Batten Down the Hatches
The Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University has released its annual forecast for the 2024 hurricane season and it is nothing less than frightening, with a prediction that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will have activity well above…
Obituaries 04-18-2024
Dorothy Therese Wilson October 28, 1929 – April 14, 2024 Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend calling hours for Dorothy T. (Dunn) Wilson on Monday morning, April 22 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Welsh Funeral…
Citywide Eclipse Celebrations
CHS Presents the Addams Family Musical
Vega Addressing Concerns About Temporary Shelter Site
The state’s plan to use the former Old Soldiers’ Home as a temporary shelter site to ease the ongoing migrant crisis literally hits close to home for District 2 Councilor Melinda Vega. The Quigley Building is in Vega’s district and…
Small Increases in Water and Sewer Rates Proposed
The city’s public works commissioner is recommending an increase of 1.5 percent for the FY 2025 water and sewer rates. At last week’s meeting, the city council voted to hold a ways and means subcommittee meeting with public works commissioner…
Federal Grant To Help Connect Chelsea and East Boston
A $2.5 million federal grant from the US DOT’s Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grants Program will help reconnect Chelsea and East Boston by path along Chelsea Creek. “The funded project, titled Greening Chelsea Creek, will reconnect Chelsea and East Boston…
New City Open Space Will Be Named for Lewis H. Latimer
One of the city’s newest parcels of open space adjacent to the Chelsea Street Bridge will be named after one of the city’s most famous and accomplished residents. Last week, the city council voted unanimously to name the property on…
Traffic and Parking Commission Addresses Chelsea Square Issues
At last week’s meeting, the Traffic and Parking Commission heard from a resident concerned about traffic and safety issues downtown and in Chelsea Square. Edwin Barrientos requested that the city replace three existing stop signs with solar LED stop signs…
La Colaborativa Secures Major Grant, Deploys New Digital Equity Program
With over 40% of low-income residents lacking access to affordable, reliable internet, the digital divide profoundly impacts marginalized communities and prevents economic stability in Chelsea and beyond. La Colaborativa is pleased to announce it has secured a transformative $497,621 grant…