While attending Notre Dame School in Nicaragua, Fidel Maltez was a standout in varsity basketball and soccer. He later played intramural and club soccer at Lafayette College where he received his degree in civil engineering. When Fidel Maltez and his…
Wilmot to be Honored with Patrick Hughes Award
Special to the Independent On May 5, Greg Wilmot, Boston native and Framingham resident, will be honored at Project Bread’s 56th annual Walk for Hunger with the Patrick Hughes Award for Social Justice, named for the late event founder. Wilmot…
DiDomenico Champions His Wage Theft Bill Alongside Union Workers
Special to the Independent Last week, Senator Sal DiDomenico spoke at a rally hosted by the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters on the State House Steps. DiDomenico spoke about the importance of passing his wage theft bill (S.1158)…
La Colaborativa Provides Update on Shelter Operation Plans
State and Chelsea officials, along with local nonprofit La Colaborativa, held a public forum at the senior center last week on the proposed temporary migrant safety net shelter at the old Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. Late last month, state officials announced…
Schools Looking at New Site for Chelsea Opportunity Academy and Literacy Program
Nearly six years after starting the process, the school district is close to finding a new home for its Chelsea Opportunity Academy and the Intergenerational Literacy Program. Currently, the Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) uses classrooms at Chelsea High School, and…
DiDomenico, Colleagues Authorize $375 Million for Local Infrastructure Projects
Special to the Record Senator Sal DiDomenico joined all Massachusetts Senators in unanimously approving $375 million in bond authorizations for statewide transportation projects, including the state’s Chapter 90 program, which would create a reliable funding source for local infrastructure investments…
ICE Arrests Salvadoran National Charged With Assaulting Police Officer
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recently arrested a Salvadoran national charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a family or household member. Deportation officers…
Joe Bevere, CHS ’75 Baseball Team Reunite for a Celebration at the Sagamore Club
From the moment he walked into the Sagamore Club last Wednesday night, Joe Bevere was clearly having the time of his life. Players from his 1975 Division 2 Eastern Mass. championship Chelsea High baseball team and other alumni were there…
Batten Down the Hatches
The Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University has released its annual forecast for the 2024 hurricane season and it is nothing less than frightening, with a prediction that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will have activity well above…
Obituaries 04-18-2024
Dorothy Therese Wilson October 28, 1929 – April 14, 2024 Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend calling hours for Dorothy T. (Dunn) Wilson on Monday morning, April 22 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Welsh Funeral…