Month: July 2015

Double Decker

This odd contraption was spotted this week on Eden Street as its inventor and builder, Jose Javier Mejia, took a ride down the street. Mejia said he built his first “two story bike” four years ago and rode it all…

Blood Wedding

Mariela Lopez-Ponce helps prepare Tony Dangerfield for the performance last Wednesday, July 22, in Apollinaire Theatre’s final week of ‘Blood Wedding’ in the PORT Park. The annual outdoor theatre production moved to the new park this year from Mary O’Malley…

Police Briefs 07-30-2015

TRENCH TRAINING FOR CFD Ten Chelsea firefighters completed trench rescue training last week at the Boston Fire Academy on Moon Island. The trench rescue training was sponsored by the Metro-Boston Homeland Security Region and is part of Urban Area Security…

Multi-Chamber Barbecue Set for August 27

A committee is organizing the August 27 sixth annual Multi-Chamber Barbecue Fundraiser.  The event will benefit North Suffolk Mental Health and be held at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Pictured above, front row, from left, are Dr. Deborah Wayne, Committee…

Whales Ahoy

Last week a couple of whales were spotted in Boston Harbor. For those of us growing up in Boston in the 1970’s and 80’s, when many of our rivers and the harbor served as a toxic chemical and sewage dump,…

No Olympics in 2024

It’s now official that there will be no Summer Olympics in 2004 in the City of Boston. Perhaps things could have been different with a better strategy of rolling out the plan, but the proposal never garnered a clear-cut majority,…

Obituaries 07-30-2015

Paul Hurley Verizon retiree, real estate broker and self-proclaimed ‘Jack of all Trades” Paul F. Hurley passed away in his Marlborough home on July 22 from an overwhelming chronic illness. He was 73 years old. Born and raised in Chelsea,…

End of Ramadan

A boy stands among men as they bow in prayer toward Mecca in Highland Park last Friday morning to celebrate the end of Ramadan and start the season of Eid ul-Fitr. Coordinated by the Al Huda Society of Chelsea, more…