So the stock market is up. The big banks are turning in good earnings reports. The television commentators say we’re coming out of the recession. You hear this news and then you reach into your own pocket – and the…
Police Blotter 10-12-09 – 10-19-09
Monday, October 12 Joanthan Barbosa, 19, 1 Silk St., Chelsea, was arrested for receiving stolen motor vehicle, resisting arrest, failing to stop for police, stop sign violation, leaving scene of property damage, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, red…
Chelsea since the fire
The October, 1973 Chelsea Fire marked the lowest point the city reached in its modern history. Not even the social, moral and economic collapse of the city in the early 1990’s, and the receivership that followed, can compare. In fact,…
Obituaries – 10-21-09
Dorothy Hannabury Clerk for City of Chelsea Dorothy Hannabury of Chelsea died on October 5. The clerk for the City of Chelsea, she was the beloved daughter of the late Thomas and Josephine (Hale) Hannabury. A prayer service will be…
Thirty-six years ago – Chelsea Fire of 1973
This week marks the 36th anniversary of the Chelsea Fire of 1973. There are still many of us who recall that day and year, and many among us who spent the day in Chelsea when the city almost burned to…
There’s more to Baker than meets the eye
Attention Chelsea voters, Charlie Baker is running for governor and you will hear about him big time, because he is the real thing. At first, Baker, 2010 Republican candidate for Massachusetts Governor, comes off as a sort of uptight Harvard…
New Apollinaire production opens Oct. 30
The Apollinaire Theatre Company will premier its production of Anthony Neilson’s The Wonderful World of Dissocia on October 30 at the Chelsea Theatre Works building on 189 Winnisimmet Street. The play, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2004,…
Red Devils shock Shawsheen for fifth straight win
In what head coach Mike Stellato described as “one of the most exciting games of [his] career,” the Chelsea High varsity football team pulled out a come-from-behind win last Saturday by the slimmest of margins. The Red Devils defeated Shawsheen…
We’re still waiting…. New runway has done little to ease delays
Hindsight is always 20/20. And when it comes to Chelsea residents and Massport, the future usually comes out the way that the residents predicted. Ten years ago, residents who were part of the fight against runway expansion said that if…
Capuano’s travels
The Boston Globe this week made a big fuss over our Congressman Mike Capuano’s $24,000 spent on congressional travel to foreign nations during the past few years. The inference, if one was to be drawn, is that Capuano, now seeking…
The Chelsea Street Bridge
As odd as this may sound to those of us so used to the Chelsea Street Bridge as an ugly monstrosity – it is the gateway to East Boston and vice versa – the gateway to Chelsea. The new bridge…
Obituaries – 10-14-09
Marion Robinson Ashland resident Marion F. (Decareau) Robinson of Ashland, formerly of Westborough, died on October 12. She was the mother of Donna Reardon of North Carolina, Richard Robinson of Ashland, Robin Grandville of Tewksbury, Larry Robinson of Rutland, Bob…