Over the past several years, the city has prioritized updating and renovating a number of its parks and playgrounds. One of the biggest park renovation projects to date looks to get underway later this fall, and the city is looking…
Month: August 2023
City Requesting Feedback on Housing Equity Plan
The city is collaborating with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to create a Fair Housing Plan, and is looking for input from residents to help shape the plan’s priorities. A survey to garner that input is available through Sept. 11…
Second Annual Cruising Chelsea Set for Saturday
The Second Annual Cruising Chelsea classic car and motorcycle event takes place this Saturday, August 26 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Forty classic cars and motorcycles are expected to take part in the event, which takes place at the…
ARL Hosting Adult Dog Adopt-a-thon Event
Add a pup to your pack during the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) five-day Dog Adopt-a-thon event at ARL’s three Animal Care & Adoption Centers (Boston, Dedham, and Brewster – Cape Cod) through Saturday, August 26. For this adoption…
Low Vision Group Meeting Discusses FY2024 State Budget Programs
John Oliveira, Acting Commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB), Brookline, attended the August 16 Winthrop Low Vision Group meeting at the Robert DeLeo Senior Center to discuss the proposed $27.1 million FY2024 state budget as well as…
Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Updates to MBTA Communities Guidelines
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) has announced updated Guidelines relative to the MBTA Communities law. In response to feedback from municipal leaders in several MBTA Communities, EOHLC is revising the Guidelines to offer cities and towns…
Jordan Club in Chelsea Hosts Soccer Clinic
Boarding house hearing continues
The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case for the rehabilitation of 165 Hawthorne St. at its meeting on Tuesday night. The petitioner requested the continuance until the September meeting, since the applicant’s representative was unable to make Tuesday night’s…
Lt. Gov. Driscoll joins state and local officials on the 111 bus
Special to the Record Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Transportation Secretary and CEO Gina Fiandaca, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng, and other state and local officials took the MBTA bus 111 from Chelsea to work on Monday, August 7, to continue…
Appreciation: Chester Zaremba, U.S. Army veteran, lifelong Chelsea resident, 96
Special to the Record Chester Zaremba, a member of the Greatest Generation who served his country during World War II and the Korean Conflict, died on July 29, 2023, one month shy of his 97th birthday. Mr. Zaremba was a…