Richard Maronski and Sharon Rodriguez were planning their wedding and hoping to have their ceremony at St. Michael’s Chapel on the campus of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. A former School Committee member and one of Chelsea High’s greatest quarterbacks, Richard…
People of Chelsea: X Bonnie Woods – 2021
By Darlene DeVita The following is one in a series of sneak peeks at the upcoming People of Chelsea additions by Chelsea Photographer Darlene DeVita. The new work will ultimately appear on the fence of the Chelsea Public Library (CPL)…
Markey and Warren Announce $307.5 Million in Home Energy Funding
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced that Massachusetts will receive a record $307.5 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the 2022 fiscal year. The Biden administration reported that in addition to…
Baker Administration Launches Commission on Clean Heat
The Baker-Polito Administration announced that the members of Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation Commission on Clean Heat were sworn in, helping to advance the Commonwealth’s ambitious goals to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions in the buildings sector. The Commission, which was created via Executive…
News In Brief
MVES Offers Free Transportation to Pick up COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) is offering free transportation services to Chelsea residents 60 years and older to pick up free COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits. MVES understands that older…
Baker-Polito Administration Awards Additional $13.5 Million for COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Efforts
The Baker-Polito Administration last week announced $13.5 million to support community organizations working in the cities and towns hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Massachusetts Vaccine Equity Initiative to increase awareness, acceptance and access to the…
Mayor Michelle Wu: Grace Under Pressure
The job of mayor of a large American city never has been easy, but these days the challenges facing our public officials who lead our major metropolitan areas are greater than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a confluence of…
Something Else to Worry About
We were driving on the Expressway the other day and we heard on the radio that the Florida orange crop will be at its lowest output since the 1940s. “What? The 1940s?!?” we thought to ourselves. The point of the…
Chelsea High School Roundup
CHS Boys Track Team Tops Malden The Chelsea High boys indoor track and field team earned a 46-39 victory over Greater Boston League foe Malden this past week. Leading the way for coach Cesar Hernandez’s Red Devils with first-place performances…
Obituaries 01-20-2022
George Paul Mastrangelo Retired Chelsea Firefighter, Bronze Star Recipient Who Fought in Battle of the Bulge George Paul Mastrangelo, a life-long resident of Chelsea, passed away Friday, January 14 at the age of 95. Born February 23, 1926, he was the…
Chelsea in the Snow
Appeciation: The Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, Beloved Chaplain at Soldiers’ Home, Passes Away at 100
The Rev. Patrick Francis Healy, the beloved chaplain of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home for several years, died Wednesday at Cambridge Hospital. He was 100 years old. The Rev. Healy grew up in Charlestown and graduated from Boston English in 1939.…