Record Staff City officials are calling upon residents to get more involved in the community. Specifically, the City is seeking volunteers to join standing boards and commissions, as well as committees that are working on a variety of local initiatives.…
Police Briefs 01-06-2011
Tuesday, December 28 Randy Rivera, 35, of 44 Summit Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for operation of motor vehicle with suspended license. Whitney Baskin, 25, of 21 Gerrish Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery. Maureen Y. Simone, 57, of…
The Foreclosure Nightmare
Chelsea is among the hardest hit communities when it comes to homeowners being foreclosed upon. This is not a surprise. When the real estate market was soaring, Chelsea soared with it, though not as fast as in higher income communities.…
Stacee Monkiewicz
We know how the entire Monkiewicz family has been sent into a state of deep despair by the death of Stacee Monkiewicz. She died on December 22 of a catastrophic sudden illness at her home. She was 41. She leaves…
Red Devils Roll Past Gr. Lowell
The Chelsea High boys basketball team improved to 4-0 in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference with a 68-53 triumph over Greater Lowell Tuesday evening. The Red Devils led all the way, grabbing a 16-4 lead after one period and never allowing…
Obituaries 01-06-2011
Adra Ellen Fleming Worked at Emerson Textile Adra Ellen (Fredericks) Fleming of Chelsea, formerly of Boston, passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on December 31 following a long and courageous battle with overwhelming illness. She was 68…
Two Fires Mar Christmas Holiday Weekend
A Christmas Eve fire on Spruce Street took the life of a young Chelsea woman and led to the hospitalization of a 33-year-old man who remains in stable but critical condition. Twelve occupants lost their apartments and everything in them. Earlier…
Snowstorm Met With Organized Response Throughout City
The dumping of snow the region experienced Sunday and Monday caused a short term paralysis citywide. Chelsea received a 18” covering of wind driven snow, with some heavy drifting for the full term of the storm from 3 p.m. Sunday…
Ash Looks Backwards/Forwards
By Chelsea Record Staff From the euphoria of burgeoning economic development activity to the despair of a deadly year in the city’s neighborhoods, there has been plenty of news coverage of the good and bad in Chelsea this past year. …
Police Briefs 12-30-2010
12/20 Judith Forte, 42, 44 Erwin St., Winthrop, was arrested on felony warrants, and misdemeanor warrant. Sharon Chafin, 45, 100 Boatswains Way, Chelsea, was arrested for being common nightwalker. 12/21 Mary Sackor, 24, 25 Staniford St., Boston, was arrested on…
Out with the Old, in with the New
Another year of our lives is coming to a close. The year is ending not with a bang, but rather, with a whimper, as TS Eliot might have written of it. It was the best of years. It was the…
Red Devil Hoopmen Defeat Whittier, 62-47
The Chelsea High boys basketball team improved to 3-0 in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference (3-1 overall) with a 62-47 victory over Whittier Tech last Wednesday in the CHS gym. Although the Red Devils were unable to pull away decisively from…