Estelle Zielinski Chelsea Centenarian Estelle (Veligor) Zielinski, a longtime Chelsea resident, passed away at the Winchester Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on May 29 just two months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the…
Chelsea Observes Memorial Day 2014
The Chelsea Girl Scout Parade and Memorial Day Exercises were a fitting and well-attended tribute for the third year in a row as the local Girl Scouts have found a way to invigorate the time before the official exercises and increase…
Mary Burke, a Unique Chelsea Veteran
At the top of the steps in Chelsea City Hall, one will find a series of portraits covering the wall just adjacent to the Council Chambers. They are the faces of soldiers from Chelsea during World War I that gave…
The Man Behind the Marquee: Bill Hanney Is Ready for NSMT’s 59th Season
Bill Hanney would never call himself a hero but to musical theater fans in this region, he’s the man. It was Bill Hanney who saved the venerable North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly from extinction. If not for the dynamic…
Chelsea Firefighters Rescue DPW Worker Trapped in Bobcat
Firefighters rescued a DPW worker that became trapped in a piece of City construction equipment on Orange Street last Thursday, May 22, when the equipment compressed inward – crushing the man at the waist and causing him extreme pain. Around…
Chelsea Cub Scout Pack 109 News
Chelsea Cub Scout Pack 109 visited the Chelsea Fire Department’s Sagamore Fire House on Thursday May 6. Our thanks to Lt. Peters and his crew for such a warm welcome to the boys and for showing them what our brave firemen do on a…
Retirement Board Decision on McLaughlin Gets Hearing
Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) officials fully expect a reversal of the Chelsea Retirement Board’s decision from last month not to confiscate former CHA Director Michael McLaughlin’s personal pension contributions. “We’re very pleased that the state Board is going to look…
Key McLaughlin Figure Gets Retirement Refund
James McNichols could be considered by many to be former CHA Director Michael McLaughlin’s chief henchman in most of his schemes during the 10-year tenure, but McNichols turned on McLaughlin after the house of cards came tumbling down – eventually…
A Common-sense Approach to Gun Control
The gun control bill announced this week by House Speaker Robert DeLeo represents one of the most (indeed in our view, THE most) comprehensive efforts in our nation to bring about sensible gun control legislation that both improves public safety…
Maldonado Wins CAC Javelin Championship and Is Named CAC MVP
The Chelsea High boys track and field team competed in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference Meet Saturday at Greater Lowell. The Red Devils finished in fourth place among the nine teams at the meet, finishing behind Greater Lowell, Whittier and Gr.…
Obituaries 05-29-2014
Helen Rose Mulkern N.E. Tel & Tel Retiree and Whidden Hospital volunteer Helen Rose Mulkern passed away Friday morning, May 23 at the Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea. She was 97 years old. Born in Chelsea, the daughter…
CHS Arts Night
There’s a million ways to make music, and using basketballs as a percussion instrument might be one of the more unconventional ways. The CHS Percussive Grooves dance team rocked the auditorium last Tuesday night, May 6, at the annual CHS Arts Night…