The Chelsea High basketball team defeated Commonwealth League arch rival Lynn Tech, 70-66, last Thursday to move into the driver’s seat for the 2010 league title. The Red Devils now stand at 8-0 in the conference and are two games…
Month: January 2010
Working the crowd
This year’s Chelsea tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Chelsea Senior Center on Riley Way had a political twist. Everett Councilor Sal DiDomenico and former Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Tim Flaherty added some luster to…
District 8 candidates interviewed by city council and residents
Five candidates are vying with one another to be Ron Morgese’s replacement for the District 8 seat that he vacated last month. Wednesday evening at city hall in the council chamber, all five candidates made presentations to the council. John…
Coakley carries Chelsea, Suffolk County but Brown wins U.S. Senate election
Attorney General Martha Coakley showed great strength in Chelsea on Tuesday’s United State Senatorial election. Coakley carried the city with a 2562 vote versus that of Scott Brown, who scored 1501 votes. Although Brown lost Chelsea, he won the battle…
Haiti and Chelsea
There is a close connection between the earthquake, humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti and the life that most Chelsea residents lead. The connection is that we are simple people when you boil it all down. We have homes or apartments, running…
The people have spoken
The political pundits, prognosticators, bloggers, Tweeters, et als will be having a field day for a long time to come as they try to discern some meaning from the election of Republican Scott Brown as our next United States Senator.…
Arrest Log 01-22-2010
Monday, January 11 Gesner Pierre, 29, 214 Middlesex Ave., Medford, was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery. Tuesday, January 12 Samuel Segura, 18, 50 Parker St., Chelsea, was arrested for disorderly conduct. Ronny Lee…
Obituaries 01-22-2010
Helen Benevento Of Marshfield, formerly of Chelsea Helen A. (Daloia) Benevento of Marshfield, formerly of Chelsea and East Boston, died on January 16. She was in her 90th year. Wife of the late Nunzio J. Sr., she was the devoted…
Heading to Hollywood – Rodriguez earns spot on American Idol
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…