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Licensing Commission Approves Transfers, Appeals ABCC Ruling
The Licensing Commission approved several license transfers at its meeting last week, including a new owner for the Prattville Mart and a new restaurant at 73 Winnisimmet St. The Prattville Mart at 383C Washington Ave. saw a change of ownership…
Commission Recommends Clark Ave. To a One Way; Hears Speeding Concerns
Clark Avenue could soon be a one-way street, pending approval of a Traffic and Parking Commission vote by the City Council. At last week’s traffic commission meeting, members approved converting Clark Avenue into a one-way street westbound from Webster Avenue…
Chelsea Man Faces Murder Charge in Domestic Assault
A Chelsea man is facing murder charges following an alleged domestic assault at a Stockton Street apartment on Saturday afternoon. The suspected killer, Mario Alberta Mira Lopera was wounded in the incident and remains in the hospital in critical condition,…
Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
The Department of Justice has awarded $314,273 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to administer Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds in the District of Massachusetts. Since the program began in 2001, nearly $7 million…
News Briefs
MVES Offers Virtual Healthy Aging Workshop on Health Eating Beginning in January Mystic Valley Elder Services will present a FREE Virtual Healthy Aging workshop series called My Life; My Health: Healthy Eating for Successful Living, offered on Mondays, 10:00 am…
People of Chelsea Martha Amaya Flores a.k.a. Martita – 2020
By Darlene DeVita The following is one in a series of sneak peeks at the upcoming People of Chelsea additions by Chelsea Photographer Darlene DeVita. The new work will ultimately appear on the fence of the Chelsea Public Library (CPL)…
MBTA Celebrates Completion of Chelsea Commuter Rail Station
Special to the Record MassDOT Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak were joined on Wednesday by community leaders to celebrate the completion of the new, multimodal, $37.7 million Chelsea Commuter Rail Station. Newburyport/Rockport Line riders…
Scenes from the Latest Mural That Exemplifies Community, Friendship and Unity
On a warm November afternoon, the community came together to celebrate Chelsea’s latest. With a grant from the Chelsea Cultural Council, muralist and Chelsea resident Silvia Lopez-Chavez collaborated with GreenRoots and their seven member ECO teen crew to design this…