TRENCH TRAINING FOR CFD Ten Chelsea firefighters completed trench rescue training last week at the Boston Fire Academy on Moon Island. The trench rescue training was sponsored by the Metro-Boston Homeland Security Region and is part of Urban Area Security…
Author: Record Staff
Multi-Chamber Barbecue Set for August 27
A committee is organizing the August 27 sixth annual Multi-Chamber Barbecue Fundraiser. The event will benefit North Suffolk Mental Health and be held at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Pictured above, front row, from left, are Dr. Deborah Wayne, Committee…
Whales Ahoy
Last week a couple of whales were spotted in Boston Harbor. For those of us growing up in Boston in the 1970’s and 80’s, when many of our rivers and the harbor served as a toxic chemical and sewage dump,…
No Olympics in 2024
It’s now official that there will be no Summer Olympics in 2004 in the City of Boston. Perhaps things could have been different with a better strategy of rolling out the plan, but the proposal never garnered a clear-cut majority,…
Obituaries 07-30-2015
Paul Hurley Verizon retiree, real estate broker and self-proclaimed ‘Jack of all Trades” Paul F. Hurley passed away in his Marlborough home on July 22 from an overwhelming chronic illness. He was 73 years old. Born and raised in Chelsea,…
End of Ramadan
A boy stands among men as they bow in prayer toward Mecca in Highland Park last Friday morning to celebrate the end of Ramadan and start the season of Eid ul-Fitr. Coordinated by the Al Huda Society of Chelsea, more…
Summer Fun
Cousins Valerie Hinojosa and Alexandra Hinojosa cool off in a parachute at Quigley Park on Monday afternoon while taking part in the Parks Program, sponsored by the Chelsea Collaborative Youth Summer Jobs program, the Mass General Outdoor Rx and the Chelsea…
One Street Light and a Long Ways to Go in District 6
The spray painted markings on the pavement of Lynn Street Extension are hardly noticeable, but for Councillor Giovanni Recupero and neighbors of the side street that runs from Suffolk to Central Avenue, such markings are cause for celebration. The markings…
Police Briefs 07-23-2015
FIREARM ARREST ON LYNN STREET EXT. On July 17, at 10:08 p.m. a Chelsea Police officer who was in the area of Central Avenue and Shurtleff on an unrelated call observed two young men walking away from him towards Lynn…
Obituaries 07-23-2015
Marianne Hanson Former waitress at Nick’s Deli in Revere Marianne (Gallant) Hanson passed away July 18 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 56 years old. Born in Chelsea, the daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanor (Smith)…