The School Committee voted last Thursday at its meeting to employ the Collins Center from the University of Massachusetts-Boston to assist in the search for a new superintendent of schools. At the same time, the Committee put an aggressive timeline…
Month: January 2019
Developer Looks to Build 33 Units on 7-11 in Cary Square
A Winchester developer has filed with the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to build a five-story, 33-unit residential apartment building on the site of the closed 7-11 and its parking lot in Cary Square. Anthony Quiles has filed the project…
News Briefs
MLK DAY CELEBRATION The City of Chelsea and the Rev. Sandra Whitley of the People’s AME Church announced this week that the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast and community celebration will take place on Jan. 21 at Chelsea High…
Police Briefs 01-10-2019
STOLEN CAR On Dec. 11 at 6 p.m., a CPD Detective observed a blue Subaru Impreza make an unsafe lane change coming from Broadway onto City Hall Avenue. The vehicle was a reported stolen motor vehicle out of Revere. The…
Charlie Baker is Not an ‘Enigma’
A story this past week on the eve of Gov. Charlie Baker’s State of the State address in the Boston Globe stated that although Gov. Charlie Baker is the most popular governor in the country (he has an approval rating…
Sports 01-10-2019
Bruins Beat Bruins get the bounce It’s not very often that the Bruins have been on the receiving end of lucky ‘puck bounces,’ but Tuesday night versus the Minnesota Wild, they definitely were. When you factor into their 4-0 whitewash…
Obituaries 01-10-2019
Jerry Vega, Jr. Of Peabody, formerly of Chelsea Jerry Vega, Jr. of Peabody, formerly of Chelsea, died unexpectedly on Jan. 2. Born in Malden and raised in Chelsea, Jerry has been a resident of Peabody for the last 14 years.…
Ringing in the New Year at Temple Emmanuel
Fences, Construction Begins on Soldiers’ Home this Week
The Chelsea Soldiers’ Home construction project will begin in earnest this week as fences are expected to go up around most of Malone Park. Supt. Cheryl Poppe told the Record that the construction fence is scheduled to go up any…
State Rep Dan Ryan Inaugurated Wednesday for New Term
Chelsea’s State Rep. Dan Ryan has been inaugurated for another term in the legislature this week, and he said he is ready to tackle issues from transportation to opiate recovery research in the new term. On Wednesday, with the new…