For the fifth year, the Chelsea LGBTQ Coalition and the City will host a Pride Month flag raising, but this year they will move the event to Chelsea Square and add a fun Drag Queen Musical Bingo event into the…
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Enduring Faith: The Rev. Patrick Healy Celebrates His 100th Birthday at Chelsea Soldier’s Home
Distinguished veterans and residents of the Chelsea Soldier’s Home, family, friends, and state officials came to St. Michael’s Chapel Sunday to honor the Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the Home’s beloved chaplain, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The Rev.…
Chelsea High to Host Walk-In Graduation on June 12 and 13
Chelsea High School will have an in-person graduation this June, but it will mimic the unique walk-in graduation the school had last year in August for the Class of 2020. Supt. Almi Abeyta said they had already been planning for…
Veteran Recalls Sending off Fallen Chelsea Soldier During Vietnam
Some of the most poignant and heart-wrenching remembrances on a time like Memorial Day often happen spontaneously, and that’s just what occurred on Monday, May 31, during Chelsea’s return to in-person events with the annual Memorial Day Exercises. Though not…
Baker Issues Order Rescinding COVID-19 Restrictions
On Friday afternoon, Governor Charlie Baker joined Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders to sign an Executive Order terminating the Commonwealth’s State of Emergency effective…
Baker Announces Vaccination Clinics at Market Basket Locations
By Lauren Bennett Governor Charlie Baker held a press conference at the Chelsea Market Basket on Wednesday morning to announce a series of vaccination clinics that will be held at Market Basket locations across the state both this week and…
New Soldiers’ Home Supt. Loves Working in Chelsea
There’s a lot going on at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, and new Supt. Eric Johnson is on the case day in and day out – whether it’s keeping track of the new construction project or caring for the veterans, he…
With Many High Schoolers Still at Home, CPS Hopes for Virtual School
The Chelsea Public Schools (CPS) is looking to apply for state permission to stage a Virtual School option for next school term, starting in September – as they believe many families might not be ready to fully return when the…
Fiesta Shows to Return With a Fundraising Waterfront Carnival
t’s been more than a little while since there was a traditional carnival in Chelsea, but that’s about to change as the Chelsea License Board approved Fiesta Shows to stage a carnival on the Chelsea Creek waterfront from June 10…
People of Chelsea: Pepper Fee and April Swartz
(The following is one in a series of sneak peeks at the upcoming People of Chelsea additions by Photographer Darlene DeVita. The new work will ultimately appear on the fence of the Chelsea Public Library (CPL) this fall in a…