City Manager Jay Ash is a wizard when it comes to creating a city budget. The Chelsea 2012 City Budget is akin to a work of art. Although expenses are up and revenues are down, Chelsea’s budget provides for more…
Osama Bin Laden
There have been reports that when Osama bin Laden was shot to death by Navy Seals last Sunday during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan, that he didn’t have a weapon and didn’t shoot back at anyone. Does this…
Police Briefs 05.05.2011
Monday, April 25 Mario Cruzado, 38, of 80 W. Dedham Street, Boston, was arrested for two counts of straight warrant felony, and retaliation against a witness. Tuesday, April 26 Edwin Carias, 18, of 58 High Street, Randolph, was arrested for…
Red Devil Baseball Team Wins Two More
Odanys Urbaez swatted a three run homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Chelsea High baseball team a dramatic 6-3 victory over North Shore Vocational School Monday. Odanys’s walk off tater, which cleared…
CHS Girls Track Team Undefeated at 5-0
The Chelsea High girls track & field team continues to put forth strong team and individual performances this 2011 season. The Lady Red Devils raised their record to 5-0 with recent wins against Greater Lawrence (130-6), Presentation of Mary Academy…
Young Lady Red Devil Softball Team Gaining Experience
Although the Chelsea High softball team has been going through a rough stretch since its 21-9 win over Lynn Tech in the season opener, Coach Ted Freeley’s Lady Red Devils have been improving as the season moves along. “We have…
Obituaries 05.05.2011
Sandra Lee Muzarol Chelsea School Crossing Guard and Parking Enforcement Officer Sandra Lee (Getz) Muzarol passed away suddenly on Friday April 29 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital Emergency Department after being stricken in her home. She was 44 years old.…
Pump It Up: Gasoline Prices Rising with No End in Sight
-By Joshua Resnek [email protected] I gassed up my automobile in Chelsea at Premier Petrol on Broadway yesterday and paid $4.27 for a gallon of mid-grade gasoline. Had I paid cash, it would have cost $4.15 a gallon at the same…
Neighbors Growing Restless over New Possibilities on Winnisimmet Street
-By Joshua Resnek [email protected] The property at the right of the above photograph has been a warehouse/office/factory since shortly after the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908. Located on Winnisimmet Street, it is owned by the Kayem Company, and has been…
Mill Hill Station Set for Major Upgrade
-By Seth Daniel For the Record The Mill Hill Fire Station on Broadway is a relic from another time. While firefighters still operate out of the station on a daily basis, its standard is from a time when fire equipment…
CPD will Partner with the DEA on a Drug take-back Event
-By John Lynds For the Record Chelsea Police will once again partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the Second Annual Drug Take Back program on Saturday April 30 at Chelsea Police Headquarters from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,…
Ash Outlines a Positive Outlook during Financial Forecast Meeting
–Staff Report There was an era when nothing good could be said about the City’s financial outlook. In fact, so poor was the City’s fiscal health two-decades ago that the State placed the City into Receivership; the most drastic oversight…