Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced that Massachusetts will receive a record $307.5 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the 2022 fiscal year. The Biden administration reported that in addition to…
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Baker Administration Launches Commission on Clean Heat
The Baker-Polito Administration announced that the members of Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation Commission on Clean Heat were sworn in, helping to advance the Commonwealth’s ambitious goals to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions in the buildings sector. The Commission, which was created via Executive…
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MVES Offers Free Transportation to Pick up COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) is offering free transportation services to Chelsea residents 60 years and older to pick up free COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits. MVES understands that older…
Baker-Polito Administration Awards Additional $13.5 Million for COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Efforts
The Baker-Polito Administration last week announced $13.5 million to support community organizations working in the cities and towns hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Massachusetts Vaccine Equity Initiative to increase awareness, acceptance and access to the…
Chelsea in the Snow
Appeciation: The Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, Beloved Chaplain at Soldiers’ Home, Passes Away at 100
The Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the beloved chaplain of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home for several years, died Wednesday at Cambridge Hospital. He was 100 years old. The Rev. Healy grew up in Charlestown and graduated from Boston English in 1939.…
An Interview With GreenRoots Executive Director Roseann Bongiovanni
The Chelsea Record interviewed GreenRoots’ dynamic executive director, Roseann Bongiovanni, about the organization’s work in 2021 and its goals for 2022. GreenRoots is a community-based organization dedicated to improving and enhancing the urban environment and public health in Chelsea and…
City Manager Gives Update on Latest COVID Procedures
Even as vaccination rates have topped 80 percent in the city and the pandemic nears the two-year mark, Covid-19 continues to leave its mark in Chelsea and across the country. Recently, City Manager Tom Ambrosino provided an update to residents…
Committee Nearing Decision on Use of Federal Relief Funds
The city’s ARPA Community Advisory Committee should have recommendations on how Chelsea can best spend $15 million in federal relief funds by the end of the winter. “The ARPA Committee, following the holidays, will be resuming its meetings and will…
School Committee Member Candidates Wanted
The City Council and School Committee will meet on Monday, Feb. 7 to select two new School Committee members. The vacant seats are in Districts 4 and 5. In District 4, there was no candidate on the ballot for the…