One of the two Chelsea men accused of stabbing their mother’s boyfriend to death inside her Chelsea home was sentenced last week to serve up to 13 years in state prison. Eugene Teixeira, 23, was convicted last Thursday of manslaughter…
Month: May 2010
Chelsea boys track team improves record to 5-0
The boy’s track and field team improved to 5-0 with a 110-26 win over Mystic Valley. The highlights of the meet were Xavier Ortiz qualifying for the state meet in the 400 meters with a time of 52.4. Ortiz also…
Thank you, Chief Kyes and CPD officers
The hostage crisis on Spruce Street turned out to be something less than it might have been, with the suspects captured by Chelsea police and taken into custody with no one hurt. However, it is the what might have been,…
Suffolk Downs means jobs
Over the past 75 years, thousands of Chelsea residents have found steady employment at Suffolk Downs. If Suffolk Downs receives a license to build a casino on its property – while maintaining the horse racing venue as well – more…
Arrest Report 05-19-2010
Monday, May 10 Jammar Smith, 28, of 240 Chestnut Street, Chelsea, was arrested for possession of a Class B narcotic. Luz Lopez, 26, of 151 Spencer Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery. Adan A. Lopez, 23, of 151…
Obituaries 05-19-2010
Stephen ‘Shalom’ Karp PhD Stanford Research Institute retiree Stephen “Shalom” Karp PhD of Adventura, Florida, died on May 6 after a long illness. He was 70 years old. He grew up in Chelsea, graduated from Tufts University and was in…
Wind is the future
Every time I pass the sight of the big wind turbine on the Forbes property I am pleased it is there. I wish there were hundreds of giant turbines like that one everywhere, generating clean, efficient energy all the time…
City Manager Jay Ash files $120M City budget
The city has filed a level funded $120 million budget proposal with the city council which contains no layoffs or program eliminations. “This is not a final document. There could be layoffs or program eliminations or both. It depends on…
Chelsea men murder trial sent to Jury
The fate of the two Chelsea men charged with stabbing to death their mother’s boy friend in a fit of jealous rage in 2008 is now in the hands of Suffolk Superior Court Jury. The Chelsea home in which 25-year-old…
Roland Palacios
The shooting death of Chelsea High School student Roland Palacios is a tragedy of the first order. The 17 year-old Chelsea young man was shot on Suffolk Street last week in a homicide that Chelsea police detectives and state police…