A recent report issued by the public interest group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay informs us that the beaches surrounding the Metropolitan Boston area were open for bathing 96 percent of the time during the summer of 2016 and that,…
Sports 06-01-2017
CHS Roundup CHS baseball team wraps up 2017 season The Chelsea High baseball team concluded its 2017 season this past week. In the season finale Thursday, an 8-0 loss at league champion Whittier (which lost only one game this season), Luis…
Obituaries 06-01-2017
Barbara Castro Left Cuba for freedom and a better way of life Barbara Castro of Chelsea died at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston following a brief illness on May 24. Born and raised in Regla, Cuba, she grew up in Cuba…
Senior Prom
Ariel Urena and Mirialie De Jesus dance together at the Chelsea High School Senior Prom at the Hilton Hotel at Logan Airport on Saturday, May 20. Hundreds of students gathered for the annual celebration as the school year begins to…
Standoff:Police,Fire Face Violent Domestic Incident; Ends in One Death, Traumatized Neighborhood
By Seth Daniel It’s no secret that, at times, the quiet of a Chelsea night can be punctuated by the sound of gunfire. But not on Warren Avenue, usually. The calm of the hillside neighborhood below the Soldiers’ Home broke…
Robert Wood Johnson Team Leaves Chelsea Impressed
By Seth Daniel Local organizers said the City, its non-profits and its residents left a positive mark on a team of evaluators visiting the city from the Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health prize last week. “I thought it was…
Training Was Key, Union for Calls More Equipment Immediately
By Seth Daniel The Chelsea Fire Department union is calling on the City and Fire Chief Len Albanese to immediately outfit the members of its union with ballistic helmets recommended by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake…
Memorial Day
The calendar tells us that the Memorial Day weekend is upon is, although with the exception of a few days this spring, the cool and wet weather has not been a harbinger of warmth and sunshine. But for Americans of…
Chelsea Food Truck Ordinance
Councillor Roy Avellaneda Recently, I have been approached by individuals who have been told that I was against having Food Trucks in the City of Chelsea. That is totally false. I welcome food trucks in Chelsea. As a matter of…
May is Mental Health Month: Start Reaching Out
By Sheldon Bycoff One problem of modern life is social isolation. Described in journals as a person’s “perceived social isolation,” i.e., a subjective belief that they are socially isolated, another way of summarizing this condition is simply “feeling lonely.” The…
Sports 05-25-2017
CHS Roundup CHS girls capture CAC track title; Martine Simon is named meet MVP The Chelsea High girls track team scored a dominating 154 points — a total that was more than the second (Essex Tech with 97 points) and…
Obituaries 05-25-2017
Hennie Berkowitz Of New Hampshire, formerly of Chelsea Hennie (Schneider) Berkowitz of Hampton, NH, formerly of Chelsea and Miami, Florida, passed away on May 20. She was the beloved wife of the late Barney Berkowitz; devoted mother of Bruce R.…