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…
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…
Get out and vote
The special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat will be held Tuesday. We urge everyone to get out and to vote. Attorney General Martha Coakley and Senator Scott Brown are locked in a very tight race. Every…
Chelsea, Boston Harbor and LNG
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino does not want to allow tankers from Yemen carrying enormous amounts of LNG to pass through Boston Harbor on its way to a dockage in Everett. City Manager Jay Ash has joined Mayor Menino, the belief…
Ashley Rodriguez
There are some kids growing up in this city who are winners from the time they are very young and who will always rise to the top of whatever it is they are seeking for themselves. Such a young woman…
Police Log 01-14-2010
Tuesday, January 5 Freddie Torres Mojica, 46, 158 Franklin Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for operating motor vehicle with suspended/revoked license, violation to conceal license plate. Joseph Santaniello, 55, 35 Hawthorne St. Chelsea, was arrested for violating the abuse prevention order.…
Obituaries 01-14-2010
Warren Manning Sr. Retired City of Chelsea employee Warren R. Manning Sr. of Chelsea died on January 6 following a long and courageous battle. He was 76 years old. A US Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was…
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…