A 50 year-old Chelsea woman was found dead in a Maverick Street driveway Tuesday morning. According to State Police and Chelsea police detectives investigating the case, Theresa Wilkes of 123 Maverick Street was found in her driveway shortly after 6:00…
CND-Police Partnership Honored with National Award
Chelsea Neighborhood Developers, the City of Chelsea, and the Chelsea Police Department recently received the first prize of $25,000 in the MetLife Foundation’s national Award for Community Police Partnerships. The award recognized the groups’ collaboration for redeveloping the Box District…
CHS girls cross country team captures CAC championship
The Chelsea High girls cross country team made history last Wednesday by winning the Commonwealth Athletic Conference championship meet which was held at the Essex Agricultural School course in Danvers. The Lady Red Devils, who finished 8-1 in dual meets…
CHS cross country boys take second in CAC meet
The Chelsea High boys cross county team took second place at last Wednesday’s Commonwealth Conference Cross Country Meet, which was held at Essex Agricultural in Danvers. However, the Red Devils defeated all of their counterparts in the Small Division of…
CHS football team falls to No. Shore Tech
Suffice to say, Friday night’s game with North Shore Tech under the lights at Chelsea Stadium will not make the highlight reel of the Chelsea High football team’s 20100 campaign. “I was very disappointed with the way we played,” is…
Brookline too much for boys soccer team
The Chelsea High boys soccer team ran into a powerful Brookline squad in the opening round of the MIAA Division 1 North Sectional State Tourney Monday afternoon at Chelsea Stadium and came out on the short end of a 6-1…
Banner season for CHS volleyball team
Although the season came to an abrupt end for the Chelsea High volleyball team with a first round loss Saturday in the MIAA Division 1 Central/East Sectional Tournament to Newton South, the fourth seed in the bracket with a 14-5…
Veterans Day
It remains a cold, harsh and relentless world where millions upon millions of angry people wish and pray for our demise. They do more than that – as the events of September 11, 2001 proved. In Afghanistan and Iraq, and…
Shortfall requires sacrifice
City Manager Jay Ash has worked wonders with the city budget. The city is sitting with more than $10 million in its account which is known as free cash. But the slowed economy has caused an erosion in tax receipts.…
Arrest Report 11-10-2010
Monday, November 1 Raul Zelaya, 30, 94 Central Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for one-way violation, operation of motor vehicle unlicensed. Hugo Collaguazo-Plaza, 36, 173 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, was arrested for operation of motor vehicle unlicensed. Issam Rhadfour, 30, 15 Freeman…
Obituaries 11-10-2010
Adolfo ‘Fito’ Ramirez Semi-retired barber, former owner of Frank and Fito’s Barber Shop Adolfo S. “Fito” Ramirez, former owner and proprietor of Frank and Fito’s Barber Shop, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on November 4 following a heroic battle…
Chelsea goes for Patrick; and all democrats
More than 5,000 Chelsea voters came out on Election Day to have their say. When all was said and done, the entire Democratic slate were winners. Governor Deval Patrick, who has visited here so often and whose administration has done…