City Manager Jay Ash has applied to become the executive director of Mass Development, a state agency that offers low cost loan and bond programs and a full range of real estate services that aids communities to redevelop commercial, waterfront,…
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City Rejects 9-1-1- Merger with Revere
It looks like 9-1-1 will still be a local call in Chelsea. City Manager Jay Ash indicated this week that Chelsea has rejected a plan to merge 9-1-1 dispatch services with Revere and Winthrop – a three-city collaborative funded…
Metro Credit Union Gaining Foothold in Boston Banking
Citing the new federal financial services regulations, one of Boston’s biggest credit unions has announced that it will merge into Chelsea’s growing Metro Credit Union – giving Metro an immediate growth in assets and a significant foothold in the Boston…
New Brewery on Its Way to Chelsea
Mystic Brewery, LLC has signed a lease and begun preparations to bring a Belgian-style brewery to Chelsea. Mystic Brewery will focus on making pre-industrial style beers, like those from Belgium, but with a distinct New England agricultural influence. The…
Jay Ash Cannot Be Allowed to Leave
The city council faces its most decisive moment in years when it meets to decide whether or not City Manager Jay Ash stays or goes. Ash is being sought by the Deval Patrick Administration to head the state’s most…
Police Briefs 03-03-2011
Sunday, February 20 Karla Carcamo, 17, 540 Beach St., Revere, was arrested for possessing firearm without FID card, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Alberto Cardoza, 30, 55 Pennsylvania Ave., Somerville, was arrested for possessing firearm without…
CHS Boys Fall to Classical in Tourney
The Chelsea High boys basketball team took on Lynn Classical Tuesday night in an opening round contest of the MIAA Division 2 North Sectional state tournament Tuesday evening before a big crowd at the Chelsea High gym. The Red Devils…
CHS Girls Play in Tourney
The Chelsea High girls basketball team embarked on its Journey to the Tourney with a contest last night (Wednesday) against Arlington at the CHS gym as the Record was going to press. The Lady Red Devils, who compiled a…
Obituaries 03-03-2011
Francis Vasile US Postal Service Retiree Francis Vasile of Chelsea died on March 1. He was 83 years old. A US Marine Corps veteran of World War II and Korea, he was employed as a Processor by the US Postal…
Fire on Library Street
Another fire on Library Street, the second in two weeks, was beaten down by Chelsea firefighters earlier this week. No one was injured in the fire which gutted a three story building.