More than 6,000 Chelsea students began the 2021-22 academic year Wednesday morning at the ten schools in the city. Supt. of Chelsea Schools Dr. Almi Abeyta personally arrived well in advance of the starting time to welcome back students at…
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
There’s a temptation for people to splurge at the end of things. We all are familiar with the idea, “If this is the last, let’s make it a blast!” We don’t have anything against that sentiment, but all too often…
The 13 Service Members Were True Heroes
Every American was saddened last week upon hearing the news of the suicide bombing by a terrorist in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service men and women, 11 of whom were Marines and one each from the…
Guest Op-Ed: Afghanistan Will Never Go Away
Dr. Glenn Mollette Afghanistan is an unending nightmare that will never go away. We got Osama Bin Laden. We wanted to avenge the heinous deaths of September 11, 2001. We were all mad and we are still angry about what…
CHS Roundup
CHS Fall Sports Set to open 2021 Season With the pandemic restrictions of 2020 hopefully in the rear-view mirror and a return to near-normalcy on the horizon, the Chelsea High 2021 fall athletic season is set to start next week. …
Obituaries 09-02-2021
Carmen Riccio February 11, 1945 – August 25, 2021 Carmen Riccio passed away after a brief illness with his loving family at his side on Wednesday, August 25 while at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. He was 76…
Back to School Celebration
A Positive Impact On Chelsea: JGBC Dedicates Patio, Play Space in Honor of Michelle Perez Vichot
The Jordan Boys and Girls Club honored former executive director Michelle Perez Vichot at an outdoor play space dedication ceremony Aug. 18 at the club on Willow Street. During the impressive ceremony, the club officially unveiled a plaque naming the…
Teen Arraigned in Fatal Garfield Avenue Stabbing
Special to the Record A 17-year-old female is being held without bail in the stabbing death of 19-year-old Cyndell Rodriguez in Chelsea. The investigation into the facts surrounding the fatal altercation continues, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. Ava…
Ambrosino Issue Statement on The COVID-19 Surge
Special to the Record Chelsea City Manager Thomas Ambrosino joined Greater Boston mayors and managers in releasing the following statement on their responses to the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19: “For the past several weeks, COVID-19 case numbers…
Chelsea High to be Beneficiary of Boston Book Festival 2021
The Boston Book Festival (BBF) has announced the 2021 recipients of its library donation and author school-visit program, the Shelf Help School Partnership. Since 2015, the Shelf Help program has supplemented school libraries that lack adequate means to provide their students with access to a variety…
Chelsea Cannoli Factory to Pay $105,000 for Wage and Earned Sick Time Violations
A Chelsea cannoli factory will pay $105,000 in restitution and penalties for violations relating to wage theft, earned sick time, and retaliation against employees, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Aug. 19. Golden Cannoli Shells Co., Inc., President Valerie Bono, and…