There was never a time when one could not laugh with him, nor a moment that passed when he was short of the perfect word to describe any situation. That’s how friends, family and co-workers most remember Colm Bohill, 69,…
Month: April 2015
Citywide Arts Extravaganza
Daisy Gutierrez, of Chelsea High School, gives a pottery demonstration along with Shelsie Mejia (background) last Thursday afternoon, April 9, during the Citywide Arts Extravaganza at the Williams School. The three-day event featured a large turnout of parents, children and…
Police Briefs 04-16-2015
3/31 Raul Figueroa, 29, 14 Marie St., Dorchester, was arrested on a felony warrant. 4/01 Meghan Mastrangelo, 34, 106 Mountain Ave., Revere, was arrested for shoplifting. Ramon Pagan, 54, Homeless, was arrested for trespassing. German Salmeron, 20, 54 Cottage St.,…
Sports 04-16-2015
Bruins Beat by Bob Morello Bruins end season Bruins fans were hopeful that the ominous footsteps they heard following the team’s five-game win streak were not the sounds of missing the playoffs. After all, the Bruins fans have been treated…
Obituaries 04-16-2015
Patricia Harrington Her family always came first Patricia A. Harrington passed away on April 11 at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH. She was 57 years old. Patricia was born and raised in Chelsea and was the beloved daughter of…
Kid for A Cause:Kelly School Student Jane Rust Brings Awareness to Diabetes
Kelly School second grader Jane Rust wanted to bring awareness to diabetes and raise funds for Joslin Diabetes Pediatrics while involving her classmates in the project. After receiving permission from Kelley principal, Dr. Timothy Howard, the 8-year-old started planning for…
Is It Time for a Chelsea Mayor? One Resident Wants to Vote on It
It was somewhere between struggling to find parking in front of her Highland Street home, getting fed up with what she believed to be growing crime, property tax increases and a less-than-welcoming desire at City Hall to help her, that…
Where’s Carlos? School Committee to Begin Removal of Member
School Committeeman Carlos Rodriguez has been missing from School Committee meetings since the beginning of the year, and formal and informal efforts to reach him have gone nowhere, school officials said. Now, they said they will begin the unprecedented process…
Success at One North Leads to Quick Jump on Phase 2
As the developers of the One North of Boston on Heard Street put the finishing touches on their first phase of residential development last summer – some 230 apartments in a once-dilapidated corner of the city next to Rt. 1…
Detours and Developments A Summer of Construction:Silver Line Begins Initial Work near Cottage Street,More Visible Work to Come First in a Series on Developments That Will Take Shape This Summer and Transform Areas of the City
As the warmer weather sets upon the City, the construction season in Chelsea has a full slate before it and, like never before, the projects set to begin will change the city in ways that will stretch long into the…