City Manager Jay Ash says the construction of the Wyndham Chelsea Hotel on Everett Avenue helped start a new era in the city, transforming a blighted industrial area to a place of great pride for the community. Ash said more than 200 people attended the hotel’s groundbreaking in 2000 despite a driving rainstorm. “People...
A Quincy attorney was arraigned on drug charges last week for allegedly bringing a controlled substance to a person at Chelsea District Court. Michael Lustig, 45, was arraigned on charges of possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute and conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws for allegedly bringing Suboxone tablets...
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) will call Suffolk Downs before its board today, Nov. 21, during a regularly scheduled meeting to explain how the track intends to proceed with a Revere-only casino project at its property that straddles the Eastie/Revere line. Chelsea is an official surrounding community in both the Suffolk project in Revere...
The Board of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (SBA) gave the okay Wednesday morning of the Feasibility Study plan created by the Chelsea Public Schools for the new Clark Avenue Middle School. “It was a big step,” said Gerry McCue of the Chelsea Schools. “There are a lot of benchmarks in this process and...
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago this week seared an indelible imprint into the memory of every American living at that time. Similar to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 5, 1941, and the terrorist attacks on the twin towers on 9/11 of 2001, Americans of every...
November 11 Alex Montano, 20, of 122 Central Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for aggravated rape of a child under 16. November 12 Cassandra D. Mickles, 27, of 21 Gerrish Avenue, Chelsea, was arrested for obstructed window and operation of motor vehicle with suspended license. Quoizel Wilson, 35, of 345 Camp Street, W. Yarmouth, was...
The Chelsea High football team played a solid game on both sides of the ball to earn a 22-14 victory over West Roxbury Friday evening The Red Devils grabbed an early 2-0 lead thanks to a safety that was set up by the Chelsea defense. The Red Devils had taken the opening kickoff and...
Russell Brown Market Forge Retiree Russell B. Brown, a retired employee of Market Forge, passed away Friday evening, November 15 at the Eastpointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where he had been receiving care for the past few months. He was 83 years old. Born in Chelsea, the son of Edward L. and Beatrice M....
District I Fall Conference, held on October 25 to 27. District I includes Zonta Clubs from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachustts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Canada. Almost 100 Zonta Club members attended the Fall Conference in Bedford, MA. Attendees from the Zonta Club of Chelsea, included Joan Lanzillo-Hahesy; Georgia Green, President; Zonta International Director,...
Brandano’s has been a busy spot from May to October, serving up ice cream and slush to customers at the store on Revere Beach Parkway. Former Chelsea resident Shannon (Antle) Brandano, owner, has now decided to take her store to the next level, adding pizza, specialty cakes, tiramisu, and homemade cannolis, ravioli, and manicotti...
Last year at this time, Veteran Al Kelly was living on the streets – homeless and on the edge of falling off society’s map. It was at that same time that he got hit by a car and severely injured. He decided he would go to a shelter to recover, and landed at Pine...
State money keeps rolling into Chelsea on a weekly basis this fall, with a $3 million grant being announced this week on the heels of another announcement last week for veterans housing and the gigantic Silver Line financial commitment in the previous week. On Tuesday, Housing and Community Development Secretary Greg Bialecki announced over...
A state hearing officer has ruled that City Manager Jay Ash violated the collective bargaining laws earlier this year when he did not voice his support for a Firefighter’s Union arbitration award at a March 18 City Council meeting. Ash said he disputes the finding and will appeal it. “Ash sat silently by while...
We always enjoy seeing our old friends and long-time readers of The Chelsea Record and thus was the occasion when we ran into former Chelsea resident Lester Erickson Wednesday morning. What a pleasure it was to see Lester and reminisce about his days at Shurtleff Junior High School where was ninth grade class president...
One of the finest all-around athletes to come out of Chelsea in the mid 1970s, Bob Spinney went on to a prestigious career in the Intercity Baseball League, playing exclusively for Joe O’Donnell and the Hosmer Chiefs for more than a decade. Spinney was a three-sport standout at Chelsea High School. He was a...
Ondina Nobre Instilled Education and Family Values in Her Children Ondina C. Nobre passed away in her Revere home surrounded by her loving family on November 8. She was 79 years old. Born and raised in Brava, Cape Verde Island where she received her early education, she married Raenaldo Pires and their union produced...
More than 800 Chelsea youths are expected to attend the 8th Annual Family Literacy Day: Chelsea Reads this Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Chelsea Public Library. Sixty-five people attended the event in its first year but it has grown steadily in stature and significance to the point where it has...
Several close races, but few new faces was the storyline of Tuesday’s City Election in Chelsea. The closest of the closest race took place in a hotly contested battle between Councillor Joe Perlatonda and Challenger Henry Wilson for the District 5 seat where there will be a recount in the race. When the dust...
The Chelsea Jewish Foundation (CJF) announced this week that CEO Barry Berman has been selected by Leading Age to receive this year’s “Award of Honor.” This award is the association’s highest honor and is a nationwide award. “I was shocked when I received the word because it’s a national award,” he told the Record....
Police Chief Brian Kyes pins the badge on new Chelsea Police Officer Scott Sardo as his little daughter, Hope, looks curiously at the whole scene. Hope is being held by Sardo’s wife, Tracy. Sardo is one of three new officers added to the ranks at a ceremony last Monday night.
The East Boston ‘no’ vote on the Suffolk Downs casino project on Tuesday – along with a similar ‘no’ vote on a gaming project in Palmer – has resonated in a big way with City Manager Jay Ash. Ash has been a staunch gaming advocate and has testified several times before the state legislature...
All summer long, Chelsea residents and City leaders attended meeting after meeting to advocate and discuss the Silver Line Bus Service coming to Chelsea. For the most part, all they wanted was the new service. What they got was the new bus service and a beautiful new walking greenway part to accompany it. Along...
This Monday, November 11, we will join with our fellow Americans in observing Veteran’s Day, a day set aside to honor the sacrifices made by all of those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. Veteran’s Day originated as a commemoration of the end of World War I, which officially ended on the...
The Chelsea High football team was eliminated from the competition in the Division 6 North MIAA football tournament with a 41-0 loss to St. Clement’s Saturday evening at Dilboy Field in Somerville. St. Clement’s got off to a fast start, taking the opening kickoff to the Red Devil eight yard line and then going...
