Five guys burgers is another wonderful addition to the culinary world developing at the Marketbasket Mall. Its grand opening attracted a great deal of attention Tuesday. Shown above are Five guys employees, Xiomara Perez and Marie Scali.
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Bus Craziness: Chelsea MBTA Driver Faked Crime to Collect Worker’s Compensation
Chelsea has come a long way in fighting crime, and according to local officials, the last thing the city needs is to have to fight crime that doesn’t exist. Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley’s office announced last Friday that charges are being filed against a former MBTA Route 111 bus driver for faking...
Gun Play: Chelsea Court in Turmoil After Disappearance of Firearms
The Chelsea District Court is in turmoil this week and one Revere firearms case against an alleged career criminal is now compromised as a result of three firearms – which were evidence in criminal cases – being stolen from the Court Clerk’s office. One missing gun was related to a Chelsea Police Department arrest...
Ash Files $5.6 Million Capital Improvement Plan
More streets will get resurfaced, water and sewer lines replaced, sidewalks repaired, public buildings renovated and equipment replaced as a result of the $5.6 million capital improvement plan (CIP) filed by City Manager Jay Ash with the City Council this past week. Ash says his plan not only continues the investment City government is...
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Football fans watch sports action on the large HD televisions at the New Brown Jug located at 1014 Revere Beach Parkway.
Parents of Murder Victim in Dark and Grieving
As the murder investigation into the tragic death of Jessica Cormier continues, her grieving parents say they have been told nothing by the district attorney’s office or the police with regard to the stabbing death of their daughter. Clarence Earl Berry, who was living at the Chelsea Y, remains in jail without bail awaiting...
A Miracle Happens in Colombia: Chelsea Rotary Club Helps Build New Health Center in South American Nation
Juan Gallego is well known to Chelsea residents as a businessman and an organizer who makes things happen. As a longstanding member of the Rotary Club of Chelsea and its president-elect, Gallego has regularly affirmed the organization’s commitment to community service that is symbolized in its motto, Service Above Self. Gallego took his community...
Patriots Super Bowl Run Means Business
The bar at The Brown Jug in the Parkway Plaza reached a point of complete silence last Sunday afternoon as Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff lined up to kick what would have been the tying field goal in last seconds of the Patriots-Ravens AFC Championship game. Owner Michael Matrinko said it was quite a...
Connect Program Launched in Chelsea
The Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and a Boston legal firm were at the nexus last Thursday of a groundbreaking human services collaboration in Chelsea that could set the standard for the rest of the country. Six Chelsea non-profits launched the new CONNECT program at the two events and explained that it is designed...
His Photo Isn’t Finished: Chelsea Man Files Suit for False Arrest over Taking Pictures at Son’s Soccer Game
As Rodrigo Blanco tells it, he was minding his own business in Highland Park last June watching his kids play a soccer game when there was a commotion on the field. The soccer goal had malfunctioned and it appeared that one of the kids might have been hurt. With several other parents behind him,...
