The City Council began holding hearings on the proposed $231,135,736 Fiscal Year 2024 budget this week. The school side of the proposed budget is just over $132 million, while the municipal share is just under $99 million. One of the…
Month: May 2023
Robinson Objects to Warren Ave. Proposal
Most of the items on the agenda for last week’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting were continued until the board’s June 13 meeting. Citing there being only four members present at the May 9 meeting, several applicants stated they wanted…
Licensing Commission Approves Taxicab Fare Hike
Taxicab fare rates are increasing in Chelsea for the first time in 18 years. Last week, the Licensing Commission approved new rates that are $1 more for the first 1/8 mile, at $2.60, and 15 cents more for each additional…
GreenRoots Will Receive $150,000 by Partners for Places
Special to the Record GreenRoots is pleased to announce that it will receive $150,000 as one of 10 cities recognized by Partners for Places, a project of The Funders Network to address climate impacts and achieve resilience; remediate contamination; create…
Grant Will Help With Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Special to the Record The North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability (NSORS), in partnership with the City of Chelsea, City of Revere and Town of Winthrop, recently obtained a $100,000 grant to develop a regional plan for electric vehicle…
Photography Exhibit at Chelsea City Hall Gallery
A photography exhibit called ‘The Tobin Bridge, Past & Present’ will be at the Chelsea City Hall Gallery on Tuesday, May 23, 5:30-7 p.m. Toan Trinh captures the beauty and majesty of the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge in a…
Roca Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary at Breakfast Event in Boston
Roca, which has become a national model for its outstanding work in upending the cycle of incarceration and poverty of high-risk young people under the leadership of founder and CEO Molly Baldwin, celebrated its 35th anniversary at a breakfast May…
Suffolk Downs To Host Second Union Job Information Session on May 23
Area residents interested in learning about life-changing career opportunities in the union building trades are encouraged to attend a free union job information session being held Tuesday, May 23 from 5-7pm at Suffolk Downs. The Greater Boston Building Trades Unions,…
News in Brief
Vendors Needed The City of Chelsea is looking for entrepreneurs and food businesses to become vendors at the Chelsea Neighborhood Market. All types of food vendors for produce, meat, seafood, grains, spices, oils, and other products. Prepared products must be…
Chelsea High School National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
The Chelsea High School Chapter of the National Honor Society held its Induction Ceremony May 11 in the school auditorium. Twenty-six students were inducted during an impressive ceremony. The students were honored for displaying, maintaining, and encouraging high standards in…