Kelly School second grader Jane Rust wanted to bring awareness to diabetes and raise funds for Joslin Diabetes Pediatrics while involving her classmates in the project. After receiving permission from Kelley principal, Dr. Timothy Howard, the 8-year-old started planning for…
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Is It Time for a Chelsea Mayor? One Resident Wants to Vote on It
It was somewhere between struggling to find parking in front of her Highland Street home, getting fed up with what she believed to be growing crime, property tax increases and a less-than-welcoming desire at City Hall to help her, that…
Where’s Carlos? School Committee to Begin Removal of Member
School Committeeman Carlos Rodriguez has been missing from School Committee meetings since the beginning of the year, and formal and informal efforts to reach him have gone nowhere, school officials said. Now, they said they will begin the unprecedented process…
Success at One North Leads to Quick Jump on Phase 2
As the developers of the One North of Boston on Heard Street put the finishing touches on their first phase of residential development last summer – some 230 apartments in a once-dilapidated corner of the city next to Rt. 1…
Detours and Developments A Summer of Construction:Silver Line Begins Initial Work near Cottage Street,More Visible Work to Come First in a Series on Developments That Will Take Shape This Summer and Transform Areas of the City
As the warmer weather sets upon the City, the construction season in Chelsea has a full slate before it and, like never before, the projects set to begin will change the city in ways that will stretch long into the…
Stations of the Cross
The St. Rose Church and hundreds of parishioners marched down Broadway and through the streets of Chelsea on Good Friday, April 3, to commemorate that solemn day. Here, Thomas the Apostle, played by Pedro Del Toro, watches closely as the priest…
And They’re Off!
Josue Theosmy (center) takes off with his teammates during the 1-mile run at the sound of the starting gun. While spring sports have had a slow start, Chelsea’s track and field athletes were ready to go in a home meet…
Kidnap Charge Follows Gunfire Outside Las Palmas Restaurant
A Dorchester man was arraigned last week on charges he kidnapped a man at gunpoint after firing shots outside Las Palmas Restaurant on Central Avenue. Roberto Ortiz, 19, was arraigned Friday in Chelsea District Court on charges of armed kidnapping,…
Wynn Officials Digesting Information after Setback on State Environmental Document
Wynn officials are taking a careful read this week of a set of new requirements issued late last Friday evening by state environmental regulators that calls for more work on traffic mitigation and a remedy for what was termed to…
Vets Housing Opens at Old American Legion Building
When Michael Frada was living on the bricks, he never envisioned ever having granite countertops in his kitchen. That’s exactly what he has today, as the former Army veteran who ended up homeless has taken refuge and residence in Chelsea’s…