The official Chelsea Soldiers Home Honor Guard is shown standing at attention with a variety of flags inside the packed auditorium of the headquarters at the Soldiers Home during Tuesday’s Veterans Day ceremony.
Senator Brown comes to Chelsea to Soldiers Home ceremony
Senator Scott Brown made his first appearance in Chelsea at Tuesday morning’s Chelsea Soldier’s Home Veterans Day ceremony. Brown was the guest of honor at the well attended event, which drew hundreds of veterans, Soldiers Home personnel and area residents.…
Chelsea woman found dead in Maverick Street driveway
A 50 year-old Chelsea woman was found dead in a Maverick Street driveway Tuesday morning. According to State Police and Chelsea police detectives investigating the case, Theresa Wilkes of 123 Maverick Street was found in her driveway shortly after 6:00…
CND-Police Partnership Honored with National Award
Chelsea Neighborhood Developers, the City of Chelsea, and the Chelsea Police Department recently received the first prize of $25,000 in the MetLife Foundation’s national Award for Community Police Partnerships. The award recognized the groups’ collaboration for redeveloping the Box District…
CHS girls cross country team captures CAC championship
The Chelsea High girls cross country team made history last Wednesday by winning the Commonwealth Athletic Conference championship meet which was held at the Essex Agricultural School course in Danvers. The Lady Red Devils, who finished 8-1 in dual meets…
CHS cross country boys take second in CAC meet
The Chelsea High boys cross county team took second place at last Wednesday’s Commonwealth Conference Cross Country Meet, which was held at Essex Agricultural in Danvers. However, the Red Devils defeated all of their counterparts in the Small Division of…
CHS football team falls to No. Shore Tech
Suffice to say, Friday night’s game with North Shore Tech under the lights at Chelsea Stadium will not make the highlight reel of the Chelsea High football team’s 20100 campaign. “I was very disappointed with the way we played,” is…
Brookline too much for boys soccer team
The Chelsea High boys soccer team ran into a powerful Brookline squad in the opening round of the MIAA Division 1 North Sectional State Tourney Monday afternoon at Chelsea Stadium and came out on the short end of a 6-1…
Banner season for CHS volleyball team
Although the season came to an abrupt end for the Chelsea High volleyball team with a first round loss Saturday in the MIAA Division 1 Central/East Sectional Tournament to Newton South, the fourth seed in the bracket with a 14-5…
Veterans Day
It remains a cold, harsh and relentless world where millions upon millions of angry people wish and pray for our demise. They do more than that – as the events of September 11, 2001 proved. In Afghanistan and Iraq, and…
Shortfall requires sacrifice
City Manager Jay Ash has worked wonders with the city budget. The city is sitting with more than $10 million in its account which is known as free cash. But the slowed economy has caused an erosion in tax receipts.…
Arrest Report 11-10-2010
Monday, November 1 Raul Zelaya, 30, 94 Central Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for one-way violation, operation of motor vehicle unlicensed. Hugo Collaguazo-Plaza, 36, 173 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, was arrested for operation of motor vehicle unlicensed. Issam Rhadfour, 30, 15 Freeman…