With all of the candidates running for so many offices in the upcoming Primary Election next Tuesday, Sept. 9, things have gotten more than a little confusing for voters – especially on the Democratic side. Below is a listing of…
Month: September 2014
Correction:UFCW Miscommunicated on Solidarity Fund
In a front page story in last week’s Chelsea Record, it was stated that the Chelsea Collaborative and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) had banded together to create a solidarity fund that would be distributed to out-of-work…
Get Out And Vote
We remember the old-fashioned elections in Chelsea’s past when legendary public officials like our own esteemed former publisher Andrew Quigley Sr., Hugh McLaughlin, Al Voke, Richard Voke, John Slater, John Donovan, Robert Donovan, and other notables brought tremendous turnouts to…
Truck Crash Revere Brown Circle
At approximately 11:30 a.m. today a tractor-trailer dump truck hauling sand to the Winthrop Beach revitalization project rolled over at Brown Circle rotary in Revere, spilling its load across the roadway. Revere Police have primary jurisdiction of the rotary and…
Avellaneda Picks Up Herald Endorsement for Sept. 9
State Rep. Candidate Roy Avellaneda, running for the 2nd Suffolk seat, announced his primary endorsement from the Boston Herald this week. Avellaneda won a surprise endorsement from the Herald in the Special Election last winter, and his candidacy won the…
Obituaries 09-04-2014
Elena Zullo Late Proprietor of Park Cleaners, Chelsea Elena J. (Cianfrocca) Zullo of Chelsea, formerly of East Boston, died on September 1 surrounded by her family. The late proprietor of Park Cleaners, Chelsea, she was the beloved wife of Mario…
Five-Alarm Fire Tests Might of Chelsea, Surrounding Fire Departments
Firefighters were still recovering from Sunday’s brutal, 5-Alarm fire on Arlington Street Monday morning when a surprise came knocking. Often feeling like the forgotten service in Chelsea, firefighters were surprised to find residents from the affected neighborhood bringing home cooked…
MGC Adopts Flexible Licensing Award Process
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is getting set to begin the evaluations of both Region A casino applications next Monday in a complex, but deliberate, process that is likely to last one week or, perhaps, more. Like the previous slot…
Back to the Basket
For the past six weeks or more, I’ve had no coffee in the house. For years, I’ve relied on swinging by the Chelsea Market Basket after work to grab a bag or two of the store brand coffee beans. I’ve…
Engine 3 to the Maternity Ward…Again
Delivering babies is usually reserved for people in white coats and surgical masks, but increasingly in Chelsea bringing bouncing babies into the world has rested on folks in fire engines and fire hats. Fire crews have delivered no fewer than…