Mystic Brewery, LLC has signed a lease and begun preparations to bring a Belgian-style brewery to Chelsea. Mystic Brewery will focus on making pre-industrial style beers, like those from Belgium, but with a distinct New England agricultural influence. The…
Jay Ash Cannot Be Allowed to Leave
The city council faces its most decisive moment in years when it meets to decide whether or not City Manager Jay Ash stays or goes. Ash is being sought by the Deval Patrick Administration to head the state’s most…
Police Briefs 03-03-2011
Sunday, February 20 Karla Carcamo, 17, 540 Beach St., Revere, was arrested for possessing firearm without FID card, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Alberto Cardoza, 30, 55 Pennsylvania Ave., Somerville, was arrested for possessing firearm without…
CHS Boys Fall to Classical in Tourney
The Chelsea High boys basketball team took on Lynn Classical Tuesday night in an opening round contest of the MIAA Division 2 North Sectional state tournament Tuesday evening before a big crowd at the Chelsea High gym. The Red Devils…
CHS Girls Play in Tourney
The Chelsea High girls basketball team embarked on its Journey to the Tourney with a contest last night (Wednesday) against Arlington at the CHS gym as the Record was going to press. The Lady Red Devils, who compiled a…
Obituaries 03-03-2011
Francis Vasile US Postal Service Retiree Francis Vasile of Chelsea died on March 1. He was 83 years old. A US Marine Corps veteran of World War II and Korea, he was employed as a Processor by the US Postal…
Fire on Library Street
Another fire on Library Street, the second in two weeks, was beaten down by Chelsea firefighters earlier this week. No one was injured in the fire which gutted a three story building.
Capital Improvement Plan Filed by City Manager – $6 Million Available for Projects
Chelsea Record Staff Twenty-two projects totaling nearly six million dollars in expenditures have been approved for completion as part of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan, City Manager Jay Ash announced Wednesday. The investment plan Ash has filed for FY’12 directs…
Excel given the Go-ahead to Open Two more Charter Schools
The Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education has endorsed East Boston’s Excel Academy Charter School’s application for two new charter schools in Chelsea and Boston. Commissioner Mitchell Chester endorsed Excel’s plan late last week and it will need final…
Relay for Life Organizers Hold a Planning Session
In the ballroom of the Orient Heights Yacht Club a group of residents from Chelsea, East Boston and surrounding communities came together last week to begin planning for the neighborhood’s third annual Relay for Life–one of the American Cancer Society’s…
Oil Prices Going Up as Fuel Subsidies get Cut
The Republicans want to cut government spending. Translated simply – this means they want to stop giving poor people a break when they need it in order to get by among other initiatives they want to take to save money.…
Boys Hoop Team Defeats Revere, 57-54
The Chelsea High boys basketball team concluded their championship regular season in style and with a flourish with a 57-54 win over Revere in a non league encounter last Wednesday. The Red Devils, who will be hanging another Commonwealth Athletic…