Author: Record Staff

Elizabeth Warren’s Visits Here

The Harvard law professor turned senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren has shown real chutzpah in coming to Chelsea twice in the past month. This shows, we believe, her interest in the ongoing, unending struggle so many Chelsea residents have as a…

Police Briefs 12-15-2011

12/05 Mario Martinez, 52, 166 Chestnut St., Chelsea, was arrested for being incapacitated person. Hector Padilla, 46, 237 Spruce St., Chelsea, was arrested for failure to stop for school bus, child passenger under 8 without restraint, unlicensed operation of motor…

Sports 12-15-2011

Boys hoop team opens with 71-59 triumph The Chelsea High boys basketball team opened its 2011-12 season in fine fashion with a runaway 71-59 triumph at Minuteman Regional Tuesday night. The contest was not as close as the final score…

Obituaries 12-15-2011

Miguel Toro, Jr. Miguel Toro, Jr. of Chelsea died unexpectedly at home on December 7. He was 47 years old. Born in New York, he came to Chelsea as a child in 1967. He was employed by Securitas Security Services…

Santa and the Chamber

Santa Claus came to town this week and found quite a few familiar faces and friends in Chelsea. Welcoming Santa to Chelsea were State and City officials and members of the Chamber of Commerce at the annual tree lighting ceremony…

Fair Fight Turn Deadly

As they often say, don’t bring a pair of fists to a gunfight, and that was especially true in the case of a murder on Central Avenue last year according to law enforcement officials. Luis Raul Rodriguez was shot to…

CHA Saga Settling Down

Except for Mike McLaughlin and a few others,  investigators reviewing the records of the Chelsea Housing Authority will be sorely disappointed in the end to find out that massive sums of money weren’t stolen, others weren’t enriched and the CHA…

The Chelsea Time in Florida

The 27th annual Chelsea Reunion in Florida will be held in Boynton Beach, Florida on March 4. The event is being chaired, once again, by Chelsea’s Leona Grell, one of our best known and beloved citizens. The Chelsea Time or…