After separating a resolution defining the city’s memorandum of understanding with Eastern Minerals, the city council voted first to uphold the memorandum of understanding by a 6-5 vote and then voted separately on the loan order for $1 million. That…
Month: March 2010
Chelsea man stopped from killing his wife
A Good Samaritan coupled with extreme restraint from responding police officers averted a tragedy Monday night after officers responded to 391 Crescent Ave on a report of a man attempting to kill his wife at approximately 8:40 p.m. As officers…
City council ruling a fait accompli
And so it has finally been done. An agreement between the city and Eastern Minerals that began with negotiations in 2007, has been successfully concluded. The city council votes Monday evening at city hall puts into force a memorandum between…
Arrest Report 03-19-2010
03/08 Alexis Burgos, 25, 16 Eustis St., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery with dangerous weapon, assault. Yalil Figueroa, 63, 947 Broadway, Chelsea, was arrested for indecent exposure. Jose Barrera, 28, 93 Chester Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for possessing…
Obituaries 03-19-2010
Jean Connors, 80 Of New Hampshire, formerly of Chelsea Jean E. (Doucette) Connors died Friday evening at the Hackett Hill Healthcare Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, after a heroic battle with overwhelming illness. She was 80 years old. Born in…
The Debate – Special election debate draws crowd; spirited, contested
Special senate election candidates came to Chelsea for their first major get together – a rousing nearly two hour debate in front of a packed audience inside the city council chamber Tuesday night at city hall. The event was hosted…
Talking the talk
Following Tuesday evening’s debate of the senatorial special election candidates at Chelsea City Hall some things become self-apparent. First, this is a contest being waged against three main contenders – and of that number, two are locked in the battle…
Language barrier – Senator reminded not to use Irish brogue again in debate
Mimicking an Irish brogue is not the way to make friends and influence important people when attempting to erase Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as Suffolk County Holidays. Senator Michael Knapik, the leader of the anti Bunker Hill Day…
Iannetti nets hat trick as St. Mary’s advances to Division 1 State final
Fame arrives quickly in the State Tournament. You do something really special in a big game – like scoring a hat trick – and then you open up your Globe and your Herald the next day and there are your…
Charter review off to questionable start
The story is told that the newly convened Charter Review selection committee at its organizational meeting last week considered the suggestion that the Charter Review Committee yet to be chosen be picked randomly by writing names on a piece of…