Despite widespread community opposition as well as opposition from over a dozen Massachusetts elected officials the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) unanimously approved Eversource’s highly controversial plan to build a new substation along the Chelsea Creek in East Boston…
Month: February 2021
Encore gross gaming revenues grow for third straight month
Gross Gaming Revenues (GGR) at Encore Boston Harbor grew for the third straight month in January at $33.31 million and showed increasing revenues at both slots and table games. In fact, despite closures and COVID-19 restrictions, the slot numbers weren’t…
Encore Boston Harbor achieves health security verification from Sharecare and Forbes Travel Guide
Encore Boston Harbor is proud to announce that it is among the first hotels in the world to become Sharecare Health Security VERIFIED™ with Forbes Travel Guide. This comprehensive facility verification helps ensure guests can book with confidence at a resort…
A Note from Chelsea
Grammy-winning jazz pianist Chick Corea had a sweeping and influential music career Armond Anthony “Chick” Corea, who grew up in Chelsea and would go on to become an internationally known superstar in the music industry and win 23 Grammy Awards…
Diversity director position a hot commodity amongst applicants
More than 60 candidates applied for the new Diversity Director position within the City of Chelsea – a new department that will have high-level status and will be charged with making City government more inclusive and welcoming. It’s a department…
Civic Duty
At a young age, Kelly Garcia learned from her mother to be politically active By the time School Committee Chair Kelly Garcia was elected to the Committee six years ago, she had already attended hundreds of hours of school-related meetings…
Associate Justice Kelly to speak at Black History event
Associate Justice of the Mass. Superior Court Angel Kelley will join the Chelsea Black Community (CBC) in a virtual conversation tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. The topic of the event will be “Injustice Everywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere.”…
Chelsea’s Senate district likely to become majority-minority
A new statewide report done by a Boston University professor for Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston shows major population shifts in the Greater Boston area that could potentially switch Chelsea’s entire state delegation into majority-minority districts when new lines are…
Individuals ages 65+, individuals with 2+ comorbidities eligible for COVID-19 vaccination now
By Lauren Bennett Governor Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday that beginning on February 18, individuals age 65 and older, as well as those with two or more “certain medical conditions” will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. These conditions…
Baker prioritizes Chelsea for vaccine outreach to residents
Chelsea will join 19 other cities and towns disproportionately affected by COVID-19 for an effort by Gov. Charlie Baker to deploy targeted outreach to the communities and $1 million to support community health centers in priority vaccination of residents. The…