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…
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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…
Local Charter Public School “Levels Up” Its Academic Program
At the Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea, students aren’t waiting until June to move up a grade level. Jorleny, a second year student at the Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea, approaches the stage for the third time this evening as a crowd…
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Teachers’ Union Holds Rally at High School
Chelsea teachers, educators, staff, and community rallied outside Chelsea High School on Wednesday afternoon as the Chelsea Teachers’ Union prepared for another negotiating session for a new contract with district representatives. Members of the union have been calling for investments…
Superintendent Honors Outgoing School Committee Members
Last week’s School Committee meeting was the last for members Marisol Santiago and Rosemarie Carlisle. During the meeting, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Almi Abeyta (virtually) presented plaques to the two members for their service to the School Committee and the…
Excel Academy Charter Schools Gets Grant from Barr Foundation
Through a grant from the Barr Foundation Excel Academy Charter School in Chelsea and East Boston will become one of eight academic communities that were recently selected to take part in the new “Driving Toward Diversity in the Educator Workforce”.…
School District Sees Greater Teacher Diversity
The school district’s commitment to increasing diversity in its hiring is paying off. At last week’s School Committee meeting, human resources director Christine Lee and district equity officer Dr. Aaron Jennings gave an update on how the schools have worked…