Artie’s July Fourth Celebration had its 35th anniversary on July 4, 2012. The party started in 1977 when Ells received a flag flown over the Capitol Building in Washington on July 4, 1976. Over the years many family and friends…
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Great New Park
Just a few years ago, Gabby Alejandro (left) and Jenny Oseguera would have been sitting in a weed-strewn lot full of all kinds of undesirable items, but now they are coloring sidewalk chalk on a beautiful new park at the…
Secure Community Program Stays on Target After Three Months
It hasn’t come without hesitation and it hasn’t come without quite a bit of pressure from all angles, but after one quarter of cooperating with the federal government’s Secure Communities program, Chelsea Police indicate that the feds are not overstepping…
Agnes Birmingham Dead at 87
Agnes Birmingham, one of this city’s great ladies during the course of a long and wonderful life, has died following a lengthy illness. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Birmingham, a longtime employee in the City of Chelsea Auditor’s office…
Immigration Issues Take Center Stage in Chelsea This Summer
There are a number of issues that jump out to the front in Chelsea – whether it be development, school issues or even at one time the Chelsea Housing Authority debacle. This summer, however, one issue that has crept front…
DPW Internet Reporting Program; Effective and Producing Quick Results
There are any number of reasons why people might stay away from church, but one of those reasons is typically not that rats are chasing church-goers away. However, that was just the issue at the First Congregational Church on County…
Open for Business
The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Marriott Residence Inn on 200 Maple Street was held on Thursday, August 9.
New Roads
The paving of Washington Avenue was going on in full force for much of this week. The major avenue is undergoing a full rehab of its underground piping systems and in much of the avenue, granite curbing is being replaced…
Iced Coffee on a Hot Day
Starbucks is cool as ice inside on a hot sunny day. Shown above are the staff attending to their duties and customers preparing to take their coffee drinks with them inside the new facility which oozes panache. The opening of…
Ethanol Trains Stopped by Governor and Legislature
Governor Deval Patrick signed a transportation bill last week that gave approval to an amendment offered by Senator Anthony Petruccelli that stops train delivery of ethanol through a number of cities and towns, which includes Chelsea. The train tracks to…