The bar at The Brown Jug in the Parkway Plaza reached a point of complete silence last Sunday afternoon as Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff lined up to kick what would have been the tying field goal in last seconds…
A Miracle Happens in Colombia: Chelsea Rotary Club Helps Build New Health Center in South American Nation
Juan Gallego is well known to Chelsea residents as a businessman and an organizer who makes things happen. As a longstanding member of the Rotary Club of Chelsea and its president-elect, Gallego has regularly affirmed the organization’s commitment to community…
Connect Program Launched in Chelsea
The Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and a Boston legal firm were at the nexus last Thursday of a groundbreaking human services collaboration in Chelsea that could set the standard for the rest of the country. Six Chelsea non-profits launched…
His Photo Isn’t Finished: Chelsea Man Files Suit for False Arrest over Taking Pictures at Son’s Soccer Game
As Rodrigo Blanco tells it, he was minding his own business in Highland Park last June watching his kids play a soccer game when there was a commotion on the field. The soccer goal had malfunctioned and it appeared that…
Mike McLaughlin Redux
Over and over again the city is continuing to have its eyes blackened by the greed inspired avarice and likely illegal doings of disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin. Once again the Globe’s reporters have published a…
Shirley Rosenberg and Murray Band; Chelsea Loses Two Former Residents
With the deaths of Shirley Rosenberg and Murray Band, the city has lost two individuals whose names and deeds over a lifetime were alive in every way with the city of Chelsea. Mrs. Rosenberg was a member of the family…
CHS Girls Win Two, Improve to 7-2
The Chelsea High girls basketball team rolled to a pair of impressive victories this past week, defeating Mystic Valley 39-24 on Friday and then topping Fellowship of Christian Academy on Tuesday, 44-31. After a slow start against MV in which…
Red Devils Get Back at Revere
The Chelsea High boys basketball team won two of its three games in the past week to improve its record to 7-5 on the season. The Red Devils came out on the short end of a dramatic 65-64 decision to…
Obituaries 01-26-2012
Mary Jo Brown Tufts Medical Center Admitting Director Mary Jo (Bonasoro) Brown of Wilmington died suddenly at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston on January 21 with her family and friends by her side. She was 59 years old.…
Martin Luther King Day
The Chelsea high School Choral Group, under the direction of John Nichols, led the audience in song at the rev. Dr. martin Luther King 2012 Commemoration Celebration Monday at the CHS auditorium.
Chelsea Bridge Projected to Open in April
A few unexpected snags back in September pushed back the reopening of the Chelsea Bridge to vehicles to March according to MassDOT Project Manager Frank DePaola. Now, according to sources, the project to replace the aging Chelsea Street drawbridge bridge…
TBHA Concerned over Marginal Street Pier Plans
Grand plans for a long-neglected part of Chelsea’s waterfront might be running aground of one major harbor advocacy group and an organization of ship captains. Vivien Li, executive director of The Boston Harbor Association (TBHA), said that her organization has…