The Chelsea Police Department (CPD) and City Manager Tom Ambrosino have re-affirmed a commitment to walking patrols by police officers throughout the main streets and “hot spots” in the City, according to comments and recent directives from Ambrosino and Chief…
Police Briefs 07-23-2015
FIREARM ARREST ON LYNN STREET EXT. On July 17, at 10:08 p.m. a Chelsea Police officer who was in the area of Central Avenue and Shurtleff on an unrelated call observed two young men walking away from him towards Lynn…
Obituaries 07-23-2015
Marianne Hanson Former waitress at Nick’s Deli in Revere Marianne (Gallant) Hanson passed away July 18 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 56 years old. Born in Chelsea, the daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanor (Smith)…
First Jewish Nursing Home Wedding
The first wedding in Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home’s 96-year history took place on Friday, July 10. Rose Stetson, a 91 year old resident, truly wanted to see her son get married and her son couldn’t imagine his mom not…
Jack Halas Named Head Football Coach at Chelsea High School
Chelsea High School director of athletics Frank DePatto announced this week that Jack Halas has been appointed as the new head coach of the CHS football team. Halas, an assistant football coach at CHS for the past six years, succeeds…
Ambrosino Ready to Take Office, Fire Chief and ISD Leaders Are Top Priorities
The Chelsea Record conducted a question and answer interview this week with incoming City Manager Tom Ambrosino to hear his thoughts prior to stepping into his City Hall office. City Manager Ambrosino will begin work on Monday, July 20, as…
Police Briefs 07-16-2015
POLICE NAB ALLEGED DRUG DEALER Chelsea Police Announced the arrest of Angelo Ciocco, 58, of Revere, for Trafficking in Cocaine and other related charges. Chelsea Detectives assigned to the Drug Control Unit utilizing controlled buys and surveillance of several transactions…
News in Briefs
CORRECTION A story on the front page of last week’s Chelsea Record regarding the Summer Reading Program indicated that the reading program conducted by teachers from the various schools in the Burke Complex will be on Tuesdays this summer. In…
Summer is Here
The excitement and bustle of the Fourth of July weekend has come and gone, and now we can settle into our summer rhythm — whatever that may be for each of us and our families — for the remaining nine…
Obituaries 07-16-2015
Josephine Czap Of Maine, formerly of Chelsea; member of Legion of Honor Society of Polish Falcons and Holy Rosary Society Josephine (Liniecka) Czap of Garland, Maine, formerly of Chelsea, died on July 11. Josephine was born and raised in Chelsea.…
Cunningham Retires from CRW Elder Services
After 39 years at the helm, James P. Cunningham, Jr. retired on Tuesday, June 30, from the Chelsea Revere Winthrop Elder Services (CRWES) organization. Cunningham has served as Executive Director and CEO of the agency, which was the first home…
Max Address Square:A Point Long Gone to History
The local fight to get a memorial for the first Jewish boy from Chelsea killed in World War I has long been forgotten. And the fruits of that fight – a beautiful memorial to Max Address at a busy intersection…