An early morning shooting Monday has left two Chelsea residents wounded. The shooting occured at 1:30 a.m. in the area of 460 Broadway. Responding officers observed the first victim, later identified as Ricardo Rodriguez, 23, of Chelsea lying in the…
City Council Adopts New Priorities
The City Council has adopted a list of eleven goals for municipal government for its two-year term. City Council President Leo Robinson said the exercise is meant to formally communicate to the Administration what the Council feels is important and…
The Ethanol Issue Reveals Strong Ties
The issue over Ethanol deliveries by rail to Revere by coming through Everett and Chelsea has caused our three cities to come together to oppose it. Meetings in all three places strongly opposing such a scenario have brought out hundreds…
Police Briefs 03-22-2012
March 12 Jordy Morales, 18, 8 Howell Ct., Chelsea, was arrested for operating motor vehicle unlicensed, blocking/obstructing intersection. Ivan Garcia-Barrios, 56, Francis House Shelter, Boston, was arrested on warrant and threat to commit a crime. Jamie Flores, 20, 58 Hooper…
Obituaries 03-22-2012
Beatrice ‘Bea’ Luzzatto Caring Woman, Devoted to Family and Friends Beatrice M. “Bea” (Wedge) Luzzatto, a lifelong Chelsea resident, died on March 18 at the Glen Ridge Nursing Center in Medford where she had been receiving supportive care for the…
Market Basket hosts Spars grocers from around the world
Seventy grocers from around the world visited the Market Basket Tuesday afternoon for a first hand look at one of the largest, most inventive and successful supermarkets of its kind in the nation. Those grocers the Record spoke with said…
Chelsea Rises Up Against Ethanol
Activists from Chelsea Greenspace, elected officials and other residents were out in full force to protest Global Oil’s plan to bring the hazardous material Ethanol through Chelsea to its storage facility on the East Boston/Revere line. At a Department of…
Receivership Ends for CHA
This past Friday did not only represent the end of a hard work week, but also it represented the end of the hard work associated with the last four months of receivership at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA). Determining that…
Audit Report Detailed Virtually No Controls
One of the first moves of former Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Receiver Judith Weber was to hire a professional number cruncher to weed through the sticky, convoluted financial records that had been created and left by the deposed former administration.…
The MBTA, Again
It is rather pathetic to come to the understanding that if the MBTA solves its 2012 deficit problem in the $160 million range with a fare increase and service decrease, the MBTA will be facing a more than $40 million…
Robert Verrier
The Chelsea architect Robert Verrier was recently awarded the highest prize an architect can garner during a life spent in the profession. It is called the AIA and since receiving it a few weeks ago, he is no known as…
Obituaries 03-15-2012
Anna Zarella Of Boston’s North End Anna C. Zarella of Boston’s North End died on March 11. She is survived by her children: Paul M. Zarella and his wife, Rita, Carol A. Regan, Angela Zarella and her partner, Cynthia Walsh…