Chelsea Public Library Programs •The Virtual Baby Sign Language program on June 12th at 10:30 a.m. is funded by the Chelsea Public Library Trustees. Please sign-up by emailing [email protected]. •The May Storytimes will still be on Facebook. Please join us at https://www.facebook.com/chelseamapubliclibrary. There will be Mindfulness…
Author: Seth Daniel
Body Cameras May Be Used by Local Police
One Chelsea Police union has agreed in principle to wearing body cameras on the job, and the second union is also expected very soon to agree to the practice as well – paving the path for the Administration and Chelsea…
Ambrosino Proposes $16 Million Capital Improvement Plan
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed down the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) as it did last year, with City Manager Tom Ambrosino proposing a $16 million plan with 40 projects at a Council subcommittee Monday night. “This is a big…
Shipyard Parcels Sell to Somerville Research and Development Company
Four parcels of land associated with the Fitzgerald Shipyard have sold for $6 million to Science Research Labs (SRL) of Somerville, a government contractor that has been in business since 1983. A limited liability corporation (LLC) controlled by Dr. Jonah…
Porch Fire Minor, But Raises Major Questions About Safety
A minor back porch fire on Garland Street last week has sparked a warning from Chief Leonard Albanese to be careful about activities on back porches. All over Greater Boston, and in Chelsea over the last year or two, porch…
News Briefs
Beacham Street Traffic Advisory Starting May 3, reconstruction of Beacham and Williams Street will get started (from the City Limit to Mulberry Street.) This project will improve connectivity between businesses and residents of Chelsea and Everett. Please seek an alternate…
Census 2020 Data Shows Growth; All Members of Congress Kept
The federal government released statewide Census 2020 data on Tuesday, and it showed that Massachusetts had grown in the last 10 years by 473,825 people to a total of more than 7 million residents, and that the state would keep…
Chelsea Celebrates Earth Day by Unveiling Real-Time Air Quality Meter Network
There was a time when members of GreenRoots and that organization’s predecessor would ride around Chelsea on bikes with air monitors trying to get readings in various areas of the City. Concerned for years about air quality, rarely did they…
Encore Boston Harbor to Become a COVID Vaccination Site
Encore Boston Harbor will now not only feature slots, but also shots. The resort casino in Everett was confirmed on Monday to be a new mass vaccination site for the state, locating a COVID-19 vaccination program, in collaboration with Cambridge…
Researchers Concerned, Studying Nearsightedness in Children
Prior to the advent of remote schooling on electronic devices ushered in by COVID-19, doctors and researchers at the Children’s Vision Lab in the Back Bay’s New England College of Optometry (NECO) were concerned about how those devices might be…