The Butterfly Award is given to a Chelsea Public Schools teacher each year at the Opening Day Convocation by the family of Carolyn Arond. This year’s recipient was Sela Kenen of the Chelsea Opportunity Academy. In addition to being presented…
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Deleidi Updates School Committee on 22–23 Financial Data
Deputy Superintendent of Schools Adam Deleidi updated the School Committee on some of the final data from the 2022-23 school year at last week’s School Committee. The district-wide attendance rate held fairly steady overall compared to the 2021-23 school year,…
Committees Move Forward in City Manager Search
The City Council is moving closer to hiring a new City Manager. The City Council and the City Manager Search Committee are both holding special meetings at City Hall next Wednesday, Sept. 20 to move forward with the search process.…
Councilors Call for Improved Street Lighting
The streets of Chelsea are a little too dark as far as some City Councilors are concerned. At Monday night’s council meeting, District 6 Councilor Giovanni Recupero introduced a motion requesting the City Manager hire a new company to perform…
City Council Approves Amendment to Existing Parking Ordinance
The City Council approved an amendment to the city’s parking ordinance Monday night that will allow visitor parking passes for residents who do not qualify for the city’s on-street parking program. “This is an old ordinance that we did a…
Chelsea Receives State MVP Grants
Last week, Governor Maura Healey’s announcement of $31.5 million in FY2024 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grants included nearly $5.7 million in funding for community-designed projects to prevent harm to residents, workers, and resources in Resilient Mystic Collaborative (RMC) cities and towns,…
Revere Council Honors Departing Veterans’ Agent, Marc Silvestri, Incoming Soldier’s Home Ombudsman
The City Council is honoring Marc Silvestri for his nearly seven years of service as Revere’s Director of Veterans’ Services. Silvestri, who continues to serve as a councillor-at-large, recently took a position in the state’s Executive Office of Veterans’ Services.…
Portion of Fourth Street Named in Honor of Herbie Kupersmith
Herbert (Herbie) M. Kupersmith has helped numerous students from Chelsea and other communities achieve their dreams of attending college over the years through scholarship opportunities. At a special City Council meeting on Monday night, the council voted to honor Kupersmith’s…
National Grid Project To Delay Pocket Park Construction
No major concerns were raised about the design of the proposed Forsyth Pocket Park at a community meeting held earlier this month, according to Director of Housing and Community Development Alex Train. “We discussed with neighbors general operations and maintenance…
City Establishes Financial Emergency Resilience Fund
The City has established a new fund to help some of its most vulnerable residents deal with the financial impact of unforeseen emergencies. The Chelsea Resilience Fund is designed to provide access to flexible and rapidly available resources for vulnerable,…