The drama is over. Our nation’s reputation remains intact albeit a bit tarnished by the default debate that ended earlier this week. Those of us familiar with the recent modern history of Chelsea understand something about default. The day before…
Author: Josh Resnek
Senseless Shooting in Chelsea
It was 2 a.m. Sunday night on Central Avenue in Chelsea. Braulio Gomez, 38, a Chelsea man known as Easy-B was seated on his porch at 104 Central Avenue minding his own business, socializing on a hot summer night, when…
Marriott Corporation Pays City for Land
The Marriott Corporation passed papers and took possession of three acres of valuable Chelsea land on Maple Street Wednesday afternoon at Chelsea City Hall. Marriott will be building a 128-room Marriott Residence Hotel on the site. The hotel giant paid…
Council antes up $50,000 more for Summer Jobs
Jobs for kids seeking work during the summer vacation are scarce to non-existent in Chelsea and in all surrounding communities. While the stock market has come back from the depths following the near collapse of the US economy three years…
Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle…
All-Chelsea Awards – A packed house celebrates some of Chelsea’s most valued and popular residents
The Ninth Annual All-Chelsea Awards Night has matured over the years. It has morphed from a legends/all-star type event into Tuesday’s extravaganza which featured lots of real emotion, some political edge, and a great deal of genuine good feeling among…
Deadly weekend – Authorities and residents are reeling after a pair of homicides over Thanksgiving holiday
Random violence resulted in two homicides over the long Thanksgiving Holiday weekend causing local officials and residents great consternation. The first to die was Frederick Allen, 56, who lived at 170 Bellingham Street. He was found dead in his apartment…
Patrick’s Day – Governor draws a big crowd at the Boys and Girls Club
Governor Deval Patrick campaigned Saturday afternoon at the Jordan Boys and Girls Club on Willow Street. The governor drew a nice crowd of his most avid supporters – organizers and zealous Chelsea backers – to the get together, which was…
And you thought the Senate race was over?
Barbara Bush is the Republican candidate running for the state senate against Senator Sal DiDomenico. She’s been getting around the district, spreading her word – which is smaller government, lower taxes and jobs. “When I say that to people people…
DeLeo and the Governor mend fences
Since the failure of the expanded gaming bill went down about two months ago, many people in and out of politics claimed that the governor and the speaker were at odds – in fact that there was a terribly personal…