The winter months are notoriously harder on older adults, especially during this pandemic, which is why Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) stresses the importance of virtual and phone assessments, proper heating, physical checkups by your doctor, social interactions, even if…
Safe Injection Sites Are Needed Now
Among the side-effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in drug-overdose deaths in this country. The death rate from opioids finally had begun to decline in 2019, but then came COVID-19 and the number of deaths from…
Omicron Can Lead to Long COVID
Public health officials have defined so-called long COVID as the physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms that can persist indefinitely after infection. Over the past two years, we’ve all seen the countless news stories about the devastating effects of long COVID…
Guest Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse Is Coming — Is Your Car Ready?
By Kane DiMasso-Scott Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not received more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Have Left the Building
The Bruins had their final home-cooked meal for their latest homestand on Monday night, a rare homestand that included seven games in less than two weeks, played on TD Garden ice. The ingredients of hard work, great penalty-killing, and effective…
CHS Roundup
CHS Track Teams Come Up Short vs. Revere The Chelsea High girls and boys indoor track and field teams received some outstanding performances, but came up short in their meet with Revere last week. The CHS girls dropped a closely-fought,…
Obituaries 01-27-2022
Libertad Carromero February 22, 1942 – January 20, 2022 Libertad Carromero passed away on Thursday, January 20 at the Katzman Center for Living where she was receiving supportive care for the past year. She was 79 years of age, one…
City Officials Rally to Oppose Voke Building Costs
Chelsea’s proposed share of the cost of a new Northeast Metropolitan Vocational Technical High School building would put an unfair financial burden on the city, according to city officials and community leaders who rallied in front of City Hall last…
Community Pays Tribute to Soldiers Home Chaplain, the Rev. Patrick Healy
They came together as one congregation and one community for a Mass of Christian Burial Monday to say farewell to the Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the long-time chaplain of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. The Rev. Michael O’Hara led the funeral…
School Committee Approves New Teacher Contracts
The Chelsea Teachers Union and the School Committee have agreed on new three-year contracts for teachers, paraprofessionals, and clerical staff. The contracts, which are retroactive to July and run through the end of June, 2024, see larger than average salary…
Positive COVID-19 Cases Ticking up in Chelsea Schools
The new calendar year has seen a major uptick in positive Covid-19 cases in the Chelsea schools thanks to the Omicron variant. Since the December holiday break, there have been 161 positive cases among students, and 167 among staff, according…
Rental, Utility Assistance Available for Residents
Assistance is available for renters and homeowners facing economic hardships during the Covid-19 pandemic. “We want to make sure the residents of Chelsea know about all of the housing resources that are available to (them) as well as utility assistance…