Lorraine Patricia ‘Chickie’ Visconti Stay-at-home wife, mother and home caretaker Lorraine Patricia “Chickie” (Nuzzo) Visconti of Chelsea passed away April 4 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston surrounded by her loving family. She was 86 years old. Born in…
Honoring Former City Manager Jay Ash
State Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash was honored for his outstanding leadership as city manager at the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner March 25 at Spinelli’s, Lynnfield. Among those joining the large crowd in the tribute…
Coffee with a Cop
Officer Joanne M O’Brien, Officer John Noftle and Officer Sammy Mojica outside Dunkin Donuts for the Coffee with a Cop meeting.
City Manager Application Deadline Comes and Goes
With little fanfare, the deadline for applications for the Chelsea City Manager position came and went on Tuesday night, March 31. Officials at the Collins Center weren’t immediately available to reveal how many applications had been received, and there is…
A Handshake She Won’t Soon Forget: Suncar Meets the President…again
In the lore of Browne Middle School 5th grader Toni-Chanelle Suncar’s family, there is a story about her great grandmother meeting the president of the Dominican Republic many years ago when she was a little girl. As it’s told, Suncar’s…
Latimer Society to Celebrate Locally, To Be Honored in Connecticut
The Lewis Latimer Society of Chelsea will be holding a local commemoration of National Engineers Month this coming week at the Chelsea Public Library, and then taking that show on the road to Connecticut, where an organization there will honor…
Mazonson Invites CHS Classmates to Fiftieth Reunion on June 7 at Kowloon
Marc Mazonson said that in the early 1960s students for the most part attended Shurtleff, Williams, or Carter schools through the ninth grade before moving on to Chelsea High School for their sophomore year. Mazonson is hoping to be in…
Police Briefs 04-02-2015
03/25 Christina O’Conner, 38, 7 Lewis Mall, East Boston, was arrested on a felony warrant. Xavier Acevedo, 19, 49 Prescott Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying dangerous weapon or knife over 4×1 inches.…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you Congressman Capuano Dear Editor, We are fortunate to have Congressman Michael E. Capuano as our representative in Washington, D.C. We appreciate his leadership in many areas. For example, he took time to recognize Citizen Schools’ 20th year of…
Happy Passover
We wish the members of the Jewish community a Happy Passover as the holiday begins at sundown Friday and continues for the next eight days. The celebration commences with Jewish families sitting down for the traditional Seder meal. Children have…
Irish Night Celebration Easter Sunday
On Sunday, many churches will be overflowing as parishioners go to church to celebrate Easter. Easter is always a magical time for children. As a family, we always held off hiding the Easter candy around the house until after Mass. …
Bruins Pick Up the Pace
Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak was the winner of NESN’s Seventh Player Award before Tuesday night’s Boston-Florida game, sponsored by Central Chrysler Jeep Dodge and Central Auto Team of Norwood. But it was winger Milan Lucic who ‘drove’ the team…