Blanca and Marielena Valencia Operated La Princesita in Chelsea Blanca Valencia Pineda passed away 15 months ago on April 18, 2020; Blanca was 70 years of age. She was followed by her sister, Marielena Valencia, on March 30, 2021, Marielena…
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Pressley Advances $300,000 in Federal Community Project Funding for La Colaborativa
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley announced this week the successful inclusion of $300,000 in federal community project funding for Chelsea’s La Colaborativa in the FY2022 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor, HHS) Appropriations bill. Funding would support…
Gov. urged to sign bill creating new MBTA oversight board
The Transit is Essential Coalition recommended the legislature for passing a proposal creating a new MBTA oversight board, and urged Gov. Charlie Baker to swiftly sign the bill. “We have no time to lose in getting a new MBTA governing…
Median Housing Prices Continue to Increase
The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS (MAR) reported that this month’s data supports the sustained 2021 trend of increasing sale prices for the few homes available on the market. Closed sales on single-family homes rose a total of 27.1 percent while sales…
People of Chelsea: Adrianna Vega – 2020
By Darlene DeVita I was born here in Boston, and I was raised here in Chelsea my whole life. I feel like Chelsea is such a strong community. All those city leaders, the city managers, the police, the firefighters, they’re…
DiDomenico pushes for passage of his common application
Last week, Sen. DiDomenico testified before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing in support of three pieces of legislation he filed this session: S.761/H.1290, An Act to streamline access to critical public health and safety-net programs through common applications, S.762/H.1309, An Act to…
Administration announces $6.5 million to municipalities in Shared Streets and Spaces Program funding awards
Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined Acting Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver last week to announce the award of $6.5 million total to cities and towns which applied for funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program, including several…
Yes, Misinformation on Social Media is Killing Americans
Let’s suppose that someone walked into our newspaper office and told us that he had a “big story,” the gist of which is that COVID-19 is a hoax. Or that vaccines for the coronavirus are part of a plan by…