A Chelsea legend has played his last melody. Chelsea native, and international jazz legend, Chick Corea passed away on Feb. 9 of a rare form of cancer that was discovered only recently. He was 79. Corea had 23 Grammy awards,…
Month: February 2021
EBNHC, La Colaborativa Work Together to Vaccinate Chelsea
If Gladys Vega comes knocking anytime soon, it just might be to give you a COVID-19 vaccine – like it or not. Vega, director of La Colaborativa, joined Manny Lopes of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) and City Manager…
Un-Addressed: Subletting Market a Shady Pinch-Point in Housing Crisis
In Chelsea, there is often what is supposed to happen, what is written on paper, and then there is always what really happens – the unvarnished truth of life that occurs at the ground level. Nothing could be more emblematic…
National Guard to Assist With Vaccination in Chelsea
After spending significant time with food relief efforts in Chelsea last spring, the National Guard has announced it will be returning with a medical mission to help support vaccination sites here. As part of the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, the…
Pillars of Change: Housing Court Moves Fast to Change Processes During COVID-19
Facing what many believed would be a catastrophic situation with evictions and Housing Court proceedings due to COVID-19, the state’s Housing Court reinvented it’s way of doing business last summer and fall and now – since re-opening for filings last…
Eastern Minerals Looking at Off-Shore Wind Business
The ownership of Eastern Salt on Marginal Street said this week they are looking into expanding their business to provide a supporting role for the emerging off-shore wind industry in Massachusetts. Joe McNamee of Eastern Salt appeared at the Council…
Way to Grow, Chelsea Kiwanis: Local Service Club Experiences a Surge in Its Memberships
Anybody who watched Sylvia Ramirez build Chelsea Pop Warner into one of the premier youth football organizations in eastern Massachusetts knew the Chelsea Kiwanis Club would be in good hands. Ramirez, the high-energy president of the Kiwanis Club, revealed that…
Former State Senator Ben Downing Announces Candidacy for Governor
On Monday afternoon East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,” Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
Cromwell Announces Latest CBC Chelsea Trailblazer Award Recipients
Chelsea Black Community (CBC) President Joan Cromwell has announced the recipients of the Black History Month Chelsea Trailblazer Awards. This year the CBC is recognizing community leaders and local organizations for their important contributions and vital response to the COVID-19…
News Briefs
Black History Month Online Programs •All month – Chelsea City Hall Art Gallery Exhibit, ‘Celebration of Family, Freedom, Healing, Love.’ •All month – Downtown Gallery 456 – Photography Exhibit “Family, Peace, Justice, Equality,” Photographer: Sharon Caulfield. •Feb. 18 – ‘Injustice…