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PHOTO BY MARIANNE SALZA

Justin Machado holding his new Phlat Ball after his special visit

with Santa at the Chelsea Police Station on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

The annual pre-Christmas visit to Santa has become a staple for

local children, with the Police partnering with the Early Learning

Center (ELC) this year. See Page 8 for more photos.

PHOTO BY KATY ROGERS

Kathleen Bray, Councilor Leo Robinson, Linda Alioto Robinson, Stephanie Rodriguez, City Manag-

er Tom Ambrosino, and Dan Cortell helped coordinate the evening for the REACH program. Linda

Aliota Robinson, long-time director of the REACH program, was honored for her years of work

with the youth of Chelsea High. See Page 2 for more photos.

Staff Report

The Massachusetts Depart-

ment of Revenue conrmed

last week that the required

revenue metrics have been

met to ensure the state’s Part

B income tax rate will drop on

Jan. 1, 2019 from the current

5.10 percent to 5.05 percent.

“A strong economy and

careful management of the

Commonwealth’s nances

have created the conditions for

Massachusetts taxpayers to get

a much-deserved break,” said

Gov. Charlie Baker. “We are

pleased that next year we will

see taxpayers be able to keep

more of their hard-earned

money.”

A state law enacted in 2002

provides the statutory mecha-

nism to lower the Part B indi-

vidual income tax rate, based

on certain revenue milestones.

The legislation replaced a tax-

rate reduction schedule that

had passed by ballot initiative

in November 2000.

“I was pleased to receive

conrmation from the Depart-

ment of Revenue that the reve-

nue trigger had been met. This

reects steady revenue growth

and a nice break for taxpay-

ers,” said Administration and

Finance Secretary Michael J.

By Adam Swift

Just as the Planning Board

looked close to taking a vote

on a major development plan

for the Forbes site Tuesday

night, Dec. 18, the attorney

for developer YIHE asked the

board to give his client anoth-

er month to review potential

changes to the project.

Paul Feldman, the attorney

for the developer, requested a

one-month continuance of the

public hearing on the project

after City ofcials, includ-

ing City Manager Thomas

Ambrosino, recommended

decreasing the density of the

residential units on the site.

Developers were seek-

ing 630 studio, one-, and

two-bedroom units in a mix

of buildings on the property,

along with 963 parking spots,

and 20,000 sq. ft. of ofce,

commercial, and retail space.

Chinese company YIHE

purchased the 18-acre former

Forbes Lithograph Manufac-

turing site, bordered by the

Chelsea River and Mill Creek,

in 2014 for just over $11.5

million. In 2015, the City re-

jected a far-reaching plan for

the site that included sky-

scrapers more than 20 stories

tall and more than 1.5 million

square feet of residential and

commercial development.

“The current proposal is

more than half the size small-

er than the one three years ago

at 699,000 square feet,” said

Feldman.

During a nearly three-hour

public hearing Tuesday night,

Ambrosino gave the project

his qualied support, stating

he approved of the develop-

er’s plans to allow waterfront

access to the public through a

three-acre waterfront park. He

also supported their willing-

ness to work with the city on

affordable housing levels and

the plan to build 60 percent

of the units as condominiums,

dramatically helping to in-

crease home-ownership levels

in Chelsea.

“This is the rst signicant

home ownership project to

come to the city since I start-

ed here three-and-a-half years

ago,” said Ambrosino.

However, the city manager

By Seth Daniel

School Supt. Mary Bour-

que announced this week that

she will retire from the Chel-

sea Public Schools within the

coming year, an announce-

ment that few expected out-

side of Bourque’s inner circle.

Bourque met with the Hu-

man Resources Subcommittee

of the School Committee on

Thursday night, Dec. 20, and

informed them of her decision

to retire in December 2019.

“I am giving the School

Committee 12 months’ notice

to give them time to unify

around a process to look for

and support the next superin-

tendent,” she wrote. “As for

me, I will continue over the

next 12 months to advocate,

champion, and innovate for

all our students, families, and

staff. I will continue to build

the systems that will outlive

all of us. Together, we will

continue to have Chelsea’s

presence known and heard at

the State House advocating for

equal access, opportunities,

social justice, and adequate

funding. We will as Chel-

sea educators continue to be

known and highly respected.”

The news traveled fast

throughout the communi-

ty, and many praised the job

Bourque has done over the last

seven years as superintendent.

“Mary has done an amaz-

ing job and her position is not

easy,” said Council President

Damali Vidot. “Every year

she has to do more with less

resources. Chelsea has been

going through a lot of changes

and with her retirement, it’s an

opportunity to get another per-

son who has some connection

to Chelsea or has a connection

to the demographics of the

school system. It’s a very hard

job.”

Bourque didn’t elaborate on

what her post-retirement plans

are, but even after having

served more than 30 years in

the Chelsea Schools, she is not

at the typical retirement age.

She said she would contin-

ue to serve Chelsea students in

the eld of education, perhaps

hinting at a larger state-wide

position.

“Upon retirement I plan to

continue to serve Chelsea stu-

dents and all children in the

Commonwealth through the

eld of education,” she wrote.

“I am and have always been

a wife, mother, and teacher; I

will never stop being all three.

I still have much to contribute

to the world of education and

much to learn. I will never

stop giving back and seeking

to make the world a more eq-

uitable place for our students

and families.”

Likewise, she said she has

given advance notice so that

she can support the School

Committee in the superinten-

dent search process. She stat-

CHELSEA REACH PRODUCTION AT CHS AUDITORIUM

A VISIT FROM SANTA

2019

We’re happy to ring in the

New Year with You,

our iends in Chelsea

Looking fward to everything you

will share in the New Year

Supt. Mary Bourque announces

retirement plans for 2019

An Amazing Job

Decision delayed on Forbes Development

Vidot to be

chosen as

Council President

for a second year

By Seth Daniel

Council President Damali

Vidot has lined up the votes to

be chosen as the Council Pres-

ident for a second year in a

row, a rare move on a Council

where most only serve for one

year and pass it on.

“I’m excited to serve again

and thank my colleagues for

their condence,” she said

this week. “From what I’m

hearing, it’s the rst time a

woman has served for two

consecutive terms as Council

President. I don’t have it all

gured out, but I believe my

colleagues trust my leadership

and know I’m trying to do the

right thing.”

Aside from Vidot, the vice

president will be Luis Tejada

and the School Committee

liaison will be Yamir Rodri-

guez.

The Council in Chelsea

doesn’t vote on its leadership

positions until its rst meet-

ing in January. However, the

Council does line up its votes

and preferences in December.

Rarely, if ever, does the vote

change between December

and January.

Vidot said one of her goals

is to begin looking at the

boards and commissions with-

in the City, such as the License

Board and Zoning Board.

“One of my goals is to bet-

ter monitor these boards in the

city, like the Trafc Commis-

sion and the ZBA,” she said.

“I feel like at different levels

these boards exist and that no

one is in control. I’ve seen

residents come up 100 per-

cent against a project, and it

Income tax rate

to drop to 5.05

percent Jan. 1

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By Cary Shuman

Frankie Bernard was an

inspiration to all, a man who

never let his physical chal-

lenges deter him from his pur-

suits in life. With the support

of a loving family and friends

who enjoyed being in his

presence, Frankie lived each

day to its fullest.

Born with Spina Bida,

Frankie graduated from Chel-

sea High School in 1986 and

attended the Massachusetts

College of Art. He became an

accomplished cartoonist and

caricaturist, delighting readers

on the pages of the Chelsea

Record and its sister publica-

tions with his creativity and

keen sense of humor.

He brought joy to visitors

to Faneuil Hall Marketplace

with his caricatures and taught

others the craft of art and to

appreciate it while serving as

an instructor at Bunker Hill

College and in school pro-

grams in Chelsea. Through

social media, he developed

friendships with other artists

all over the country.

Francis J. ‘Frankie’ Bernard

Jr., son of Mary L. (Manning)

Bernard and the late Francis J.

Bernard Sr., died on Dec. 18

after a brief illness. Frankie

was 51.

“The most important thing

I would want people to know

is how strong he was, what

he endured, and he just took

it with a grain of salt,” said

his sister, Maureen Bernard

Jurgelewicz. “The hospital-

izations, the procedures, and

the tests, things most people

couldn’t endure, Frankie met

them head on as a fact of life.

“Interestingly enough, they

told my mother that Frankie

would live to be about 2 years

old, so he deed that by a lot,”

said Maureen. “He surprised

the doctors with surviving and

ourishing.”

And he did ourish,

demonstrating an early gift of

prociency in art and carica-

tures. “That came out pretty

much when he was a toddler

– he was able to draw and he

could pick up any song and

play it on the keyboards, even

though he never had lessons,"

said Maureen. “You could see

he had that gift at a young age.

He was very artistic.”

Maureen recalled how

Frankie would engage in rec-

reational activities with the

other children on Gardner

Street and in the neighbor-

hood, participating regularly

in games like kickball and

kick the can.

“He would try to keep up

with us and he could,” said

Maureen.

She describes her mother,

Mary Bernard, as “an angel,”

APPRECIATION

Remembering Frankie Bernard,

who had a gift for art and a gusto for life

Frankie Bernard was a noted

newspaper cartoonist and

caricaturist whose artwork

was enjoyed by many people.

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HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE --

ANDMINDFUL -- NEW YEAR

e arrival of a new year marks a time for reection, as to

both the year that has passed and the year that lies ahead.

In the words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson:

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

 Ring, happy bells, across the snow:

 e year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

But to put it another way, we might ask ourselves, “Where

have we been -- and where are we going?”

e latter question asks us to foresee the future, which by

denition is an impossible task. ough we may make our best

guess to predict what may lie ahead -- and to plan accordingly

-- none of us has a crystal ball. e vicissitudes of life more oen

than not throw us curve balls that lay to waste even the best-laid

of our plans for the year to come.

However, the former question is equally as tricky. Answering

it requires both introspection and understanding, two qualities

that are in short supply in our hurried world. We have barely

enough time to do all the things we need to do every day, let

alone try to gure out the, “Why?” of what we have done.

“Mindfulness” became the watchword of 2108. We are ad-

vised to step out of our busy lives for a few minutes each day to

allow ourselves to practice “mindfulness” in the quest to bring

ourselves inner peace and calm.

In a previous era, prayer served essentially the same purpose.

Reciting the Rosary or a few Our Fathers, or going to a church

to say a novena, was the preferred form of practicing mindful-

ness (though that was not the term for it in those days).

But with belief in god and attendance at church in steep de-

cline in America in 2018, meditation and mindfulness have be-

come the secular version of religious practice, a drug-free pre-

scription to bring relief from the anxiety-inducing life we face

every day we wake up.

However, one thing we can advise all of our readers is that

celebrating the New Year -- especially over what for many of us

will be an extra-long weekend -- requires all of us to make sure

that we do so safely and that we are vigilant regarding the safety

of others.

Although most of us these days take precautions to ensure

that we do not operate a motor vehicle while under the inu-

ence on New Year’s night -- whether by means of having a des-

ignated driver, or using Uber, or staying overnight in a hotel

-- there still are too many among us who will get behind the

wheel of a car aer having had too much to drink.

e most important thing we can do at an individual level is

to prevent our friends and loved ones from becoming another

tragic story by taking their keys or oering them a ride home if

they appear incapable of driving soberly and safely.

We wish all of our readers a happy, healthy, safe -- and mind-

ful -- New Year.

PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS

The Chelsea REACH Pro-

gram presented an original

documentary entitled “This

Is Us” at the Chelsea High

School Auditorium on Thurs-

day night, Dec. 20. In addi-

tion to the recorded segment,

students from the program

performed live poetry and

music. Students surprised

Linda Alioto Robinson with

an award of recognition for

her dedication to the program.

Councilor Leo Robinson, Linda Alioto Robinson, and Mike Lopez

enjoyed an evening with the REACH program in Chelsea.

REACH Coordinator Stephanie Rodriguez took the stage along-

side students from the REACH program.

Olivia Mosher and Jaylee Ortiz recited original poetry.

Chelsea City Manager Tom Ambrosino was joined by Bea Cra-

vatta, director of the Chelsea Cultural Council.

Linda Alioto Robinson was recognized by students and sta for her dedication to REACHover many years.

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GZA GeoEnvironmen-

tal, Inc. (GZA), a leading

multi-disciplinary rm pro-

viding geotechnical, environ-

mental, ecological, water, and

construction management ser-

vices, is pleased to announce

that Senior Principal Law-

rence Feldman has been elect-

ed President of the Board of

the Mystic River Watershed

Association (MyWRA).

One of Massachusetts’

leading environmental organi-

zations, MyWRA was found-

ed in 1972 to protect and

restore natural resources in

the 22-community watershed

north of Boston. MyRWA is

led by professional staff and

also organizes thousands of

volunteers working together

on a project-by-project basis.

Dr. Feldman, a 39-year vet-

eran of GZA and a Licensed

Site Professional (LSP), has

focused his professional prac-

ticeon the assessment, reme-

diation, and redevelopment of

browneld sites contaminated

by oil and/or hazardous mate-

rial, and on providing litiga-

tion support in cases involv-

ing such sites. He previously

served on the LSP Board of

Registration, and is a founder

and past president of the LSP

Association. He is currently

serving as an appointee to the

Massachusetts Department

of Environmental Protection

(MassDEP) Hazardous Waste

Site Cleanup Advisory Com-

mittee.

MyRWA also looks for-

ward to the continuing con-

tributions of Caroline Rogers

Broderick, board Vice Pres-

ident; Minka vanBeuzekom,

board Treasurer; and Joshua

Boyce, the new board Secre-

tary. Caroline Rogers Broder-

ick is an attorney who serves

as Director of Grants Man-

agement and Compliance at

Partners in Health in Boston.

She is a long-time member

of MyRWA and served for a

year as Executive Director

of MyRWA in 2006. Minka

vanBeuzekom brings her ex-

perience managing business

concerns in the biotech sector

to provide skillful accounting

and nancial management to

MyRWA as Treasurer. She

holds a Masters degree in

public health with a concen-

tration in epidemiology &

environmental health. Joshua

Boyce has a BSBA in Finance

from Suffolk University and

received a PGDip in Environ-

mental Management from the

University of Auckland. Cur-

rently C.O.O. of Africa Im-

pact Group, he brings to the

Mystic River Watershed his

mix of nancial acumen and

environmental management.

MyWRA Executive Direc-

tor Patrick Herron said: “Our

organization is very excited

to have Larry take the helm

of the board and steward this

organization forward. Larry

brings a wealth of knowledge

on the environment and en-

vironmental rules in Massa-

chusetts and has a pragmatic

sense of how to chart a course

for renewal and improvement

of the Mystic. MyRWA is

proud to have such talented

and dedicated professionals

leading the Board of Direc-

tors.”

GZA’s CEO Bill Hadge

said: “Caring for our commu-

nities is a fundamental value

at GZA. I am proud but not

at all surprised to see Larry,

through his new leadership

position at the Mystic River

Watershed Association, ex-

tending GZA’s rich legacy of

sharing our ideas and our staff

to improve our communities’

quality of life.”

Dr. Feldman, a board mem-

ber of MyWRA since 2017,

said: “MyWRA has an am-

bitious, comprehensive 2020

strategic plan to continue re-

storing and improving water

quality and habitat, connect

more people to the Mystic, in-

crease climate resilience, and

build the association’s organi-

zational capacity. I’m excited

and honored to bring my ex-

perience at GZA to helping to

lead and fulll these efforts.”

The Mystic River water-

shed extends from East Bos-

ton and Chelsea west to Wa-

tertown and Belmont, north as

far as Burlington and Wilm-

ington, and includes parts or

all of the cities of Cambridge,

Malden, Medford, Somer-

ville, and Woburn. MyRWA

monitors trends in water qual-

ity at 15 sites throughout the

watershed with the help of a

dedicated corps of volunteers.

The association also operates

a daily agging system alert-

ing boaters and recreational

users to safe or unsafe water

quality conditions and orga-

nizes volunteers for activities

including riverbank cleanups,

tree planting, and data collec-

tion on the recovery of riv-

er herring and eel migration

through the Mystic River.

GZA’s Larry Feldman named President of Mystic River Watershed Association

ed she is fully committed to

supporting the School Com-

mittee as they begin and car-

ry out a “robust” search for a

new superintendent. She also

said she would be around to

help put together a transition

plan.

“My goal for all of us is

that this transition will be

smooth and seamless; we will

not lose ground in all that we

have built and achieved,” she

wrote. “Our Chelsea Public

Schools Five-Year Vision will

be attained.”

Bourque was chosen as su-

perintendent in 2011, and has

served in that role since. Pri-

or to that, she was the leader

of the Clark Avenue School

when it became transitioned

to the old high school, and she

was a teacher for many years

before that.

Bourque has deep roots in

Chelsea, and still lives in the

city – as do many of her rel-

atives.

Heffernan.

The law provides that for

each tax year in which certain

ination-adjusted baseline

revenue growth requirements

are met, the income tax rate

will be reduced by increments

of 0.05 percentage points until

the rate reaches 5 percent.

Part B income includes

wages, salary, and many oth-

er forms of income, includ-

ing self-employment income;

business, professional and

farm income; S corporation

distributions; and rental in-

come from personal property.

The rate associated with Part

B income is also applied to

several other income catego-

ries, including interest and

dividends and most long-term

capital gains.

There are ve revenue tests

that determine whether a rate

reduction is required, begin-

ning with growth in revenue

over the previous scal year,

and including a series of four

additional growth measures.

If any one of the incremental

tests is not met, the rate reduc-

tion does not proceed. With

DOR’s certication of the

most recent revenue measure,

all ve tests in 2018 have now

been met.

The rate reduction was last

triggered on Jan. 1, 2016,

when it dropped from 5.15%

to 5.10%. Previous reductions

included:

•Jan. 1, 2012 (rate reduced

from 5.3% to 5.25%)

•Jan. 1, 2014 (rate reduced

from 5.25% to 5.2%)

•Jan. 1, 2015 (rate reduced

from 5.2% to 5.15%)

The state budget for Fiscal

2019 accounted for the in-

come tax rate change, which

is projected to reduce tax rev-

enue by approximately $84

million in Fiscal Year 2019

and approximately $175 mil-

lion in Fiscal Year 2020.

If revenues in 2019 are suf-

cient to trigger a further rate

reduction, the Part B income

tax rate will drop to 5% for the

2020 tax year.

goes through anyway. These

are things we really need to

look at to make sure we’re all

on the same page. It feels like

we’re all running in different

directions now.”

Additionally, Vidot said

she hoped to foster a good

working relationship between

councillors in the coming year.

“I take a lot of pride in be-

ing able to work with all the

different councillors,” she

said. “I want to make sure

we’re all working together and

doing the best we can…There

are so many different needs.

You take a councillor like Bob

Bishop from Prattville and a

Councillor like Enio Lopez

from District 4 and their needs

in those districts are so differ-

ent, but I look forward to be-

ing able to work together to

address each of them equally.”

The Council has yet to set

a date for its rst meeting and

its organizational meeting for

election of ofcers, but it is

expected to be on Jan. 7.

Council President Damali

Vidot has been chosen for a

second term as president.

said the project is too dense for

the neighborhood, and asked

the Planning Board to rec-

ommend to the Zoning Board

of Appeals that the project

be limited to 550 residential

units. He also asked the ZBA

to stipulate that 10 percent of

the units in the project be set

aside as affordable units at 50

percent of the annual median

income.

“I advocate that outright

denial would not be in the

best interest of the city,” said

Ambrosino. He noted that

630 units could be approved

by right on the 18-acre par-

cel provided there were more

parking spaces than the num-

ber proposed by YIHE.

During the public hearing,

Feldman said the developer

was willing to work with the

city on affordable housing.

With the recommendation to

reduce the number of units,

however, the attorney said his

client would need more time

to review the conditions.

“Given the enormous

amount of information we

have heard tonight, we do not

want to be rushed,” said Feld-

man.

During the hearing, most

of the questions from the

board and the public revolved

around some of the usual sus-

pects with any large devel-

opment -- safety, trafc, and

parking.

A good portion of the eve-

ning was dedicated to a trafc

study conducted by the devel-

oper’s engineering rm.

Jeff Dirk of Vanasse and

Associates said there would

be a trafc impact from the

630 units, but that it would top

out at about 200 vehicle trips

during peak hours around 1

Forbes Street. He also not-

ed that once trafc exited the

development over one of two

proposed new bridges to the

site off Crescent Avenue, it

would be dispersed through-

out a number of thoroughfares

throughout Chelsea, cutting

down on overall congestion.

“It will be a relatively mi-

nor increase (in trafc) as you

get away from the site,” said

Dirk.

Feldman said the develop-

ers will work with the City to

make infrastructure and trafc

improvements in the area, in-

cluding to Crescent Avenue it-

self. In addition, he said YIHE

will work with the MBTA to

improve public transportation

to the site and the surrounding

neighborhood.

While a dedicated bus stop

is likely years away, Feldman

said developers will provide a

shuttle bus service to the near-

est MBTA bus stops and the

Silver Line for residents of the

development and the neigh-

borhood.

But some people Tuesday

night, including District 3

City Councillor Joe Perla-

tonda, said the development

team was painting too-rosy a

picture of the trafc and park-

ing impact on the surrounding

neighborhoods.

“This is in my district and

I am still not on board,” said

Perlatonda.

As it stands, the council-

lor said pedestrians dodge

trafc on Crescent Avenue,

and backups in the area can

be severe, particularly during

school drop-off and pick-up

hours.

“Parking is also a major

concern, and I also don’t want

to see a bus circling Carroll

Street and Clinton Street,” he

said. “I see there being a com-

plete bottleneck.”

Several residents and Plan-

ning Board members were

also concerned about the two

new planned bridges, ques-

tioning if they were too close

together in case of emergency.

Feldman said a wider

bridge would be for vehicles

and a narrower one would be

primarily for pedestrians, but

could be used for emergency

access by the police and re

departments.

However, Planning Board

member Gladys Vega said she

was worried that there could

be issues in an emergency

because the bridges are es-

sentially side by side, with no

other access point to the de-

velopment.

City Council President

Damali Vidot raised con-

cerns about the density of the

project, as well as the lack of

three-bedroom apartments in

the initial plans.

“I do appreciate the 10 per-

cent affordable housing at the

lower annual median income,

if the developer is willing to

do it,” Vidot said. “But I do

have an issue with (Feldman)

minimizing the impact of the

project on the community.

This would be an increase in

population of 2,000 people, or

about ve percent of the city’s

population.”

The Planning Board will

take up the public hearing

on 1 Forbes St. at its January

meeting.

Feldman said he will also

be asking for a continuance

from the ZBA, which needs to

grant a special permit to allow

for fewer parking spots than

are required under zoning for

the Waterfront District.

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who devoted her whole life to

Frankie with her care, her up-

lifting manner, and her kind-

ness.

“Frankie and I had a good

relationship, sometimes I was

like a second mom to him,

though he didn’t always like

that too much,” said Maureen.

“We did a lot together, the

past two years especially.”

Maureen said her brother

loved Chelsea. “I tried to get

him to move closer to me, but

he wouldn’t budge – he loved

everything about Chelsea. He

loved his Chelsea friends.”

Sean Richards was one of

Frankie’s closest friends, ac-

cording to Maureen.

It was Maureen who wrote

the beautiful eulogy that was

delivered by Frankie’s neph-

ew, Michael Bernard Jr., at the

funeral Mass Dec. 22 at Our

Lady of Grace Church.

Following is the eulogy:

Eulogy for Frankie

Love can cure your prob-

lems/You’re so lucky I’m

around/Let my love open the

door.

These are the lyrics to one

of Frankie’s favorite songs

from one of his favorite

bands. They seem so tting

today as we pay tribute to our

beloved friend, uncle, brother

and son Frankie.

We love your strength and

hope Frankie. Your Chel-

sea-strong ghting spirit.

You showed us that strength

means never giving up in the

face of another hospital stay,

another surgery or another so-

cial rejection. Your hope was

for a better new day, each day,

and that never waivered.

Frankie, we love that God

blessed you with the gift of

art. You loved to draw your

caricatures and cartoons. It

was your passion and profes-

sion. Other than a big tip or

paycheck, you liked nothing

more than to make people

smile with your caricatures.

We loved your gusto for

life. It was there as a kid play-

ing kick-the-can on Gardner

and Parker. Always keeping

up with the neighborhood

kids. It was there for concerts

and karaoke as an adult. For

attending your beloved Celt-

ics and Red Sox games. You

were always ready, willing

and able to pursue a good

time.

Frankie we love that you

were a great friend. You loved

nothing more than spending

time with your friends. From

your friends awakening you

from hospice care in the ICU

to meeting you at the PPC or

the Brown Jug, you cherished

each and every moment with

them.

We love your love for fam-

ily. As an Uncle, Brother and

Son you have taught us so

much. You gifted us with the

lessons of patience and per-

severance. You were a living

example of never sweating

the small stuff. You and Mom

were a living example of ded-

ication and truly uncondition-

al love. This love was truly

the best medicine of all.

We were so lucky you were

around.

Bernard/Continued from Page 1

Frankie Bernard is pictured with other cartoonists and caricaturists at a national convention.

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OBITUARIES

“Meeting the needs of the families we serve.”

ANTHONY MEMORIAL -

FRANK A. WELSH & SONS

FUNERAL HOME

Peter A. Zaksheski

Type III Licensed Funeral Director

718 Broadway, Chelsea – 617-889-2723 – 617-884-3259

www.ChelseaFuneralService.com

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Gertrude Wawrzynowicz

January 23, 1921 - December 22, 2018

Gertrude A. Wawrzyno-

wicz passed away on Satur-

day, Dec. 22 at the Chelsea

Jewish Nursing Home where

she had been receiving sup-

portive care for several years.

She was 97 years old.

Born and raised in Reading,

the beloved daughter of the

late Julian and Eva (Gauthi-

er) Wilton, she was a devoted

homemaker and mother who

shared 43 years of marriage

with her husband, Edward J.

Wawrzynowicz.

Gert, who was widowed in

1988, was a longtime resident

of Chelsea and enjoyed gar-

dening and crocheting in her

spare time. In addition to her

husband, Gertrude was pre-

deceased by her brothers: the

late Joseph, Ray and Richard

Wilton. She was the devoted

mother of Edward Wawrzyno-

wicz, Jr. and his wife, Christi-

na of Saugus and is also sur-

vived by several nieces and

nephews.

Visiting hours will be held

at the Welsh Funeral Home,

718 Broadway, Chelsea on

Sunday, Dec. 30 from 4 to 7

p.m. Relatives and friends are

most kindly invited to attend.

Her funeral will be conduct-

ed on Monday, Dec. 31 from

the Welsh Funeral Home at 10

a.m. Services will conclude

with interment at Woodlawn

Cemetery, Everett. Arrange-

ments are by the Anthony Me-

morial-Frank A. Welsh and

Sons, Chelsea. Funeral Home

is fully handicap accessible,

ample parking opposite Fu-

neral Home.

Reginald "Reggie" DeFlumeri

May 27, 1930 - December 20, 2018

Reginald “Reggie” De-

Flumeri, retired owner and

proprietor of “Reggies” Ser-

vice Station, passed away on

Thursday evening, Dec. 20 at

the CHA-Whidden Memorial

Hospital in Everett. He was 88

years old.

Born and raised in Chel-

sea, a son of the late Antonio

and Carmella (Cataldo) De-

Flumeri, he attended local

schools and graduated from

Chelsea High School.

He married Nina (Cataldo)

DeFluemeri and the couple

lived in Everett for a brief

time before settling in Mal-

den in 1974 and for the last

44 years. In 1970, Reggie

established Reggies Service

Station located on the corner

of Chestnut and Second Street

in Chelsea and the station has

been a Chelsea landmark for

nearly 50 years.

Work at the station was

Reggie’s passion, selling gas,

repairing cars and socializing

with friends both new and old

alike. Years after his retire-

ment, he could still be found

holding court from his old of-

ce chair or outside in the sta-

tion yard.

He was the beloved hus-

band of the late Nina (Catal-

do) DeFlumeri, having shared

64 years together, He was the

devoted father of Joseph De-

Flumeri and his wife, Donna

of Lunenburg, VT and Antho-

ny DeFlumeri and his wife,

Debra of Peabody; cherished

grandfather of Alexandra

Chapman and her husband,

Jonathan, Joseph DeFlumeri,

Jr., and his ancée, Jessi-

ca Stoddard, Anastasia De-

Flumeri, Paul DeFlumeri,

Daniel DeFlumeri and great

grandfather of Saoirse and

the dear brother of Carl De-

Flumeri of Stoneham, Vinny

DeFlumeri of New Hampshire

and the late Phyllis Toolan.

Visiting hours will be held

at the Welsh Funeral Home,

718 Broadway, Chelsea, to-

day, Thursday, Dec. 27 from 5

to 8 p.m. Relatives and friends

are most kindly invited to at-

tend. His Funeral will be held

from the Welsh Funeral Home

on Friday Dec. 28 at 9 a.m.

followed by a Funeral Mass

in the Immaculate Conception

Church, 489 Broadway, Ev-

erett at 10 a.m. Services will

conclude with Entombment

at Holy Cross Mausoleum,

Malden. Funeral Home is ful-

ly handicap accessible, am-

ple parking opposite Funeral

Home. Arrangements are by

Anthony Memorial-Frank A.

Welsh and Sons.

Mun Lan "Helen" Kwong

June 1, 1947 - December 22, 2018

Mum Lan “Helen” Kwong

passed away on Saturday,

Dec. 22 at the CHA-Whidden

Hospital after being stricken

in her home. She was 71 years

old.

Born and raised in Guang-

zhou (Canton) China where

she received her early edu-

cation, as a young lady she

moved to Hong Kong and

married Foon Lei Kwong. To-

gether they came to Chelsea in

1973 with their two sons. Here

she gave birth to a daughter

and remained in Chelsea for

most of her life, settling in Re-

vere just a few years ago.

A devoted homemaker

and beloved mother, she also

worked outside of her home

holding jobs as a seamstress

in Boston’s Chinatown and

performing assembly work at

Sweetheart Paper in Chelsea.

She later worked as a kitchen

production worker preparing

in-ight meals for Sky-Chefs

in East Boston. She took her

full work retirement several

years ago. She enjoyed home

gardening, tending to her

owers and vegetable garden.

She was predeceased by her

parents and several siblings in

China and was widowed from

her beloved husband, Foon in

1998. She remained the devot-

ed mother of John Kwong of

Revere, Steven Bong Kwong

and his wife, Kwei Kwong of

Malden and Shirley Kwong of

Revere and was the cherished

grandmother of Kaytlin and

Alyson Kwong and dear sis-

ter-in-law of Dick Kwong of

Chelsea, Foon Dick Kwong of

Canada and the late Poon Chie

Kwong. She is also survived

by several nieces and nephews

and her beloved canine com-

panion “Angel.”

Visiting hours will be held

at the Frank A. Welsh & Sons

Funeral Home, 718 Broad-

way, Chelsea on Friday, Dec.

28 from 4 to 8 p.m. Relatives

and friends are most kind-

ly invited to attend. Funeral

gathering and services will

be held in the Welsh Funeral

Home on Saturday from 9 to

10 a.m. followed by proces-

sion to Woodlawn Cemetery,

Everett. Funeral Home is ful-

ly handicap accessible, am-

ple parking opposite Funeral

Home. Arrangements are by

Anthony Memorial-Frank A.

Welsh and Sons.

Arline Smigielski

May 17, 1936 - December 19, 2018

Arline J. (Freda) Smigiels-

ki passed away on Wednesday

evening, Dec.19, in the peace-

ful surroundings of her home

and in the presence of her lov-

ing and caring husband and

daughter.

Born and raised in East

Boston, Arline was a daughter

of the late Rocco and Susie

(Coviello) Freda. She attend-

ed local schools and was a

graduate of East Boston High

School. She married Edward

Smigielski and the couple had

celebrated 59 years of mar-

riage.

Arline was a devoted home-

maker, mother, care giver to

her parents and other family

members. She worked out-

side of her home for several

years as an insurance com-

pany ofce clerk. She also

worked for a short period for

Sweetheart Paper, resigning

from the workplace to care

full time for her aging parents.

In her lifetime, she enjoyed

simple pastime activities. She

was a faithful Catholic and

frequent communicant at St

Rose Church.

In addition to her parents,

she was predeceased by her

siblings: Jerry Joseph Freda,

Gabriel Freda, Alfred Antho-

ny Freda, Carmela Marie Fre-

da and Elizabeth Nora Freda.

The beloved wife of 59 years

to Edward S. Smigielski, she

was the devoted mother to

Linda Smigielski, both at

home in Chelsea.

Her funeral will begin from

the Frank A. Welsh & Sons

Funeral Home, 718 Broad-

way, Chelsea today, Thursday,

Dec. 27 at 9 a.m. followed by

a Funeral Mass at St. Rose

Church, 600 Broadway, Chel-

sea at 10 a.m. Services will

conclude with Interment at

Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.

Relatives and friends are most

kindly invited to attend. For

directions or to send expres-

sions of sympathy, please vis-

it www.WelshFuneralHome.

com

Arrangements are given to

the care and direction of the

Anthony Memorial - Frank A.

Welsh & Sons Chelsea, 617-

889-2723

Jennie Cohen

Former Chelsea Housing Authority employee,

of New Hampshire, formerly of Chelsea

Jennie G. Cohen of Derry,

NH, died Tuesday, Dec. 18 in

Parkland Medical Center in

Derry. She was 58 years old.

Born in Chelsea on July 22,

1960, a daughter of the late

Joseph and Helen (Daly) Co-

hen, she has been a resident of

Derry for the past ve years,

formerly living in Londonder-

ry, NH for more than 20 years.

Jennie grew up in Chelsea

and was a graduate of Chel-

sea High School. She had

worked for the Chelsea Hous-

ing Authority for many years.

She is survived by her three

daughters: Alyssa Francis and

her husband, Joshua Francis,

Caitlin Cohen, and Kristin

Hanlon and her husband, Bri-

an Hanlon; four grandchil-

dren: Falynn and Levi Francis

and John and Saoirse Hanlon;

two sisters, Linda Cohen and

Carol Cohen and by several

nieces and nephews.

Following cremation, a

calling hour was held on Sat-

urday, Dec. 22 in the Peabody

Funeral Homes and Crema-

torium, 15 Birch St., Derry,

NH followed by a memorial

service in the funeral home.

In lieu of owers, memorial

contributions may be made

to charity of one’s choice.

To send a condolence or for

more information, please

visit, www.peabodyfuneral-

home.com

NEWS Briefs by Seth Daniel

To place a memoriam in the Independent,

please call 617-387-9600

SUPERINTENDENTS

DEMAND ACTION

RALLY

The Massachusetts Asso-

ciation of School Superinten-

dents (MASS) is calling on

state lawmakers to address

grave inequities in the state’s

funding formula for public ed-

ucation.

Chelsea and surrounding

communities will meet in a

rally at Malden High School

for the action.

To bring attention to the

nancial cliff school systems

statewide are fast approach-

ing, the MASS will hold three

public forums across the state

on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. The

forums will begin at 6 p.m.

and feature panel discussions

with state and local educa-

tional leaders. The forums are

open to the public.

“We must nd ways to ex-

pand access to educational

opportunities for all our stu-

dents, teach viable work-relat-

ed skills, and most important-

ly, insure we include students

in the bottom of the income

bracket,” said Tom Scott, ex-

ecutive director of M.A.S.S.

“The Massachusetts economy

is dependent on all of us to in-

sure all students have the skill

set for today’s workplace.”

STREET LIGHT

IMPROVEMENTS

The City of Chelsea has

completed signicant im-

provements to the street lights

at the intersection of Eastern,

Broadway and Clinton. The

City has installed a smart cam-

era system that will monitor

trafc patterns and will adjust

times according to amount of

vehicles queued at every inter-

section. This intersection will

go live on Dec. 26 and will be

closely monitored by Chelsea

Police and Public Works for

two weeks. Please know that

the ashing signals will no lon-

ger operate as of December 26.

Please contact DPW at 617-

466-4200 for any questions.

NEW SENIOR

TRANSPORTATION

With nancial support

from the City Council, the

Senior Center is launching a

pilot program for the trans-

portation of senior citizens in

the City. The new program

will allow for seniors to be

transported back and forth

from the Senior Center from

six different elderly/disabled

sites throughout the com-

munity. The pilot program is

scheduled to begin at the end

of October and will be operat-

ing on Tuesdays, Wednesdays

and Fridays. More informa-

tion is available by contacting

the Senior Center at 617-466-

4370.

GAME NIGHT

Game Night takes place

every Tuesday night inside

the Chelsea Library at 569

Broadway. We welcome ev-

eryone to join every Tues-

day evening from 6 to 8 p.m.

where friends and neighbors

gather over dominos to play

and chat. The group meets in

the room to the right just in-

side the main entrance.

FALL PROGRAMS AT

THE LIBRARY

The Chelsea Public Library

has released its fall program-

ming, with the following

events coming up.

•Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, at 2

p.m. Winter Crafts.

CHELSEA HILLS

WALKS

The Chelsea Hill Commu-

nity has updated its schedule

and has new meeting times.

Chelsea Hills will now

be meeting every rst Tues-

day of the month at 6 p.m. in

the Starbucks at the Mystic

Mall. Next meeting will be in

2019.

As for their walks, they

will have them every second

Saturday at 10 a.m. and ev-

ery fourth Wednesday at 6

p.m. Locations vary, so please

check the Chelsea Hills Face-

book page or subscribe to

email list.

BEACON STREET

OFF-RAMP CLOSURE

The Beacon Street off-ramp

will be closed for construction

on January 7 and 8 from mid-

night-5am. Beacon Street at

Broadway, and Park Street at

Williams Street bus stops will

be closed until the ramp is re-

opened January 9. Route 111

OUTBOUND service can be

obtained on 2nd Street.

CHELSEA

ENHANCEMENT

TEAM: CLEANING UP

PROGRESSIVELY

Join the Community En-

hancement Team (CET), ev-

ery third Wednesday of the

month. The CET is a team of

resident leaders committed

to working together to solve

community problems and im-

prove the quality of life, the

cleanliness and safety in Chel-

sea.

Next meeting is Weds., Jan.

16, from 6-8 p.m. in the High

Terrace Community Room

next to 61-63 Gerrish Ave.

CHELSEA STREET

BRIDGE APP

For those seeking real time

information about the Chelsea

St. Bridge closures, Massport

is operating a Twitter account

which alerts drivers whenev-

er the bridge is opening for

shipping and closed to trafc.

The Twitter account is @Lo-

ganToChelsea. This real time

information supplements the

new vehicular warnings sys-

tems now currently active on

Broadway and Williams St.

CITIZENSHIP

CLASSES

With support from the City,

the Chelsea Collaborative will

again be offering citizenship

classes to Chelsea residents

eligible to become a U.S. citi-

zen. Classes include a free citi-

zenship preparation course and

application assistance. To learn

more about the requirements

for these classes and how to

apply, please call the Chel-

sea Collaborative at 617-889-

6080 ---Monday- Thursday 10

a.m.—5 p.m. Classes will be at

the Chelsea Collaborative lo-

cated at 318 Broadway.

FIREFIGHTER SWORN IN

ChelseaFireghter David Vielmann was ocially sworn in

during the Monday night, Dec. 17, City Council meeting. He is

pictured here with members of the City Council following the

swearing in.

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CHELSEA PRIDE YOUTH FOOTBALL

AWARDS BANQUET

The Chelsea Pride youth football organization wrapped up a successful season with its awards banquet Sunday at the Polish Political Club.

The players, coaches, parents, and guests enjoyed a delicious buffet meal prior to the presentation of awards. The teams will return next season

and play on the new eld at Chelsea Memorial Stadium located behind Chelsea High School.

Chelsea Pride President Lou Cetina, Councillor-at-Large

Leo Robinson, State Rep. Dan Ryan, recipient of a special

appreciation award, and Vice President Shawn O’Regan.

President Lou Cetina

presents an appreciation

award to PPC President

Dennis Rankin.

President Lou Cetina presents

a special appreciation award

to Councillor-at-Large

Leo Robinson.

Coaches Jerry Slater, Helios Sunsin, and Jack Grigorian, with ag football players Syomara

Cruz, Hago Grigorian, and Izaiah Sunsin.

Chelsea Pride seventh-and-eighth grade football coaches Anthony Comeiro, Christian Calix,

Raul Flores, John Hassell, and Manny Cetina present the Most Valuable Award to Herman

Esquivel, who concluded an outstanding career in the youth football organization.

Coach Radames Garcia, with ag football players Nicholas Lima,

Anthony Mendoza, Michael Garcia, and Richard Carrasquillo.

The Chelsea Pride fth-and-sixth grade team, with coaches Kevin O’Regan, Mike Lopez, John Betancur, and Ryan Motta.

President Lou Cetina and Vice President Shawn O’Regan present

a special appreciation award to City Councillor Calvin Brown.

Former Chelsea youth

sports standout Sean Scott

presents the Martin Scott

Sportsmanship Award to

Anthony Garcia.

Sean Scott presents the

Martin Scott Sportsmanship

Award to Ariana Betancur.

Councillor-at-Large Leo

Robinson presents the

Darren Moore Coaches

Award to Joey Fiallos.

The Chelsea Pride seventh-and-eighth grade team, with coaches Manny Cetina, Anthony

Comeiro, Raul Flores, Christian Calix, and John Hassell.

The graduates of the Chelsea Pride youth football organization were honored with special awards.

Sean Scott presents the

Martin Scott Sportsmanship

Award to Miguel Tizol.

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ORGANIC

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-60

Notice is hereby given in

accordance with Section

34-215 of Chapter 34

(Zoning) of the Code

of Ordinances, City of

Chelsea, Massachusetts,

that a Public Hearing

of the Chelsea Planning

Board will be held on

Tuesday, January 22,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Anthony Quiles

For a Major Site Plan

Approval for a 20,470

square foot residential

structure with 44 parking

spaces which does

not meet the current

minimum zoning re-

quirements for off-street

parking spaces at the

premises known as:

176-178 Washington

Avenue

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-58

Notice is hereby given

in accordance with the

Massachusetts Zoning

Act, Chapter 40A that a

Regular Meeting of the

Chelsea Zoning Board of

Appeals will be held on

Tuesday, January 8,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Hector Lopez

For Special Permit and

Variance to construct

a rear addition which

does not meet current

minimum zoning re-

quirements for side yard

setback at the premises

known as:

106 Webster Avenue

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-60

Notice is hereby given

in accordance with the

Massachusetts Zoning

Act, Chapter 40A that a

Regular Meeting of the

Chelsea Zoning Board of

Appeals will be held on

Tuesday, January 8,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Anthony Quiles

For Special Permit and

Variance to construct

a 33 residential unit

dwelling structure with

roof deck which does not

meet current minimum

zoning requirements for

side, rear and front yard

setbacks, usable open

space, lot size, density,

number of stories, max-

imum building height

and number of off-street

parking spaces at the

premises known as:

176-178 Washington

Avenue

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-61

Notice is hereby given

in accordance with the

Massachusetts Zoning

Act, Chapter 40A that a

Regular Meeting of the

Chelsea Zoning Board of

Appeals will be held on

Tuesday, January 8,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Quesan Wilson

For Special Permit to

establish a physical

therapy center at the

premises known as:

100 Everett Avenue,

Unit 3

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-62

Notice is hereby given

in accordance with the

Massachusetts Zoning

Act, Chapter 40A that a

Regular Meeting of the

Chelsea Zoning Board of

Appeals will be held on

Tuesday, January 8,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Juan Gallego, Trustee of

Fifth and Cherry Streets

Realty Trust

For Special Permit and

Variance to establish one

(1) residential unit on

the ﬁrst ﬂoor and con-

struct three (3) residen-

tial units on the second

ﬂoor which does not

meet current minimum

zoning requirements

for maximum ratio

ﬂoor area to lot area,

usable open space and

minimum number of off-

street parking spaces at

the premises known as:

17 Fifth Street

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No. 2018-63

Notice is hereby given

in accordance with the

Massachusetts Zoning

Act, Chapter 40A that a

Regular Meeting of the

Chelsea Zoning Board of

Appeals will be held on

Tuesday, January 8,

2019

6:00 p.m.

Chelsea Senior Center -

10 Riley Way - Chelsea,

With reference to the

application of:

Grace Young

For Special Permit and

Variance to construct

a roof dormer on each

side of existing building

which does not meet

current minimum zoning

requirements for side

and rear yard setbacks

at the premises known

as:

641 Broadway

All interested parties

should attend the hear-

ing or provide written

comment to the Board.

A copy of the application

and petition is available

for review at the Ofﬁce

of the City Clerk, 500

Broadway, Room 209,

Chelsea, MA.

12/20/18, 12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

Bid for Door System

Community Action

Programs Inter-City,

Inc. (CAPIC) REQUEST

FOR PROPOSALS for AF-

TER-SCHOOLPROGRAM/

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

CENTER. CAPIC is

seeking proposals for an

electronic door access

system.

The door access system

must have the following

requirements:

1. 2-way communica-

tions between the doors,

and all access stations

2. Mobile device

support by means of an

application installed on

that device.

3. Logging of all activ-

ities that occur, either

through text logs, or

video logs that show:

a. Which station

unlocked the door

b. Time and date of the

door being unlocked.

c. Picture of the door at

the time of unlocking.

The system must consist

of:

1. Two (2) door strikes

2. Two (2) communica-

tions devices at the doors

3. Six (6) access stations

to communicate and

unlock the door.

4. Mobile device

application.

Bid packages may be

picked up at CAPIC’s

main ofﬁce, located

at 100 Everett Avenue

Unit 14 Chelsea, MA

02150 or can be mailed

upon request. To be

considered for selection

all bid packages must

be received at CAPIC’s

main ofﬁce no later

than 4 p.m. on January

4, 2019. For further

information please

contact Scott Renton at

617-884-6130 x137 or

[email protected].

CAPIC will make the ﬁnal

determination based on

the lowest total cost for

all items solicited and/or

any other factors that it

determines is in the best

interest of the agency.

The CAPIC Board of Di-

rectors reserves the right

to accept or reject any

and all proposals. The

submission of a proposal

constitutes acceptance of

the terms and conditions

of the request for

proposals. Small business

and minority business

are encouraged to apply.

This advertisement is

subject in all respects to

the terms and conditions

of the request for

proposals.

CAPIC, Inc. is an Equal

Opportunity Employer/

Afﬁrmative Action.

12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF CHELSEA

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

WORKS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

The Department of

Public Works will conduct

a Public Hearing on

Tuesday, January 15,

2019 in Chelsea City

Hall, Room 305, the

Conference Room, third

ﬂoor, 500 Broadway,

Chelsea, at 6:00 pm on

the following Petitions:

Extenet Systems LLC

117 GROVE STREET-at-

tach wireless equipment

including antenna and

electric meter on to exist-

ing utility pole on behalf

of AT&T. WO #2272012

311 CHESTNUT STREET-

attach wireless equip-

ment including antenna

and electric meter on

to existing utility pole

on behalf of AT&T. WO#

2274477

The public is invited to

attend.

BERTRAM TAVERNA

DIRECTOR

12/27/2018

01/03/2019

LEGAL NOTICE

COMMONWEALTH

OF MASSACHUSETTS

LAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF

THE TRIAL COURT

18 SM 007018

ORDER OF NOTICE

TO:

John A. Flaherty

And to all persons

entitled to the beneﬁt of

the Servicemembers Civil

Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

§ 3901 et seq.: Mike

Parthasarathy, as Trustee

of the RH 401 (k) Plan

and Inventive Alien,

LLC claiming to have an

interest in a Mortgage

covering real property

in Chelsea, numbered

229 Washington Avenue,

given by John A. Fla-

herty to Banco Popular

North America, dated

February 28, 2008, and

recorded in the Suffolk

County Registry of Deeds

in Book 43190, Page

157, and now held by

plaintiff by assignment,

has ﬁled with this court

a complaint for deter-

mination of Defendant’s

Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or

recently have been, in

the active military of the

United States of America,

then you may be entitled

to the beneﬁts of the

Servicemembers Civil

Relief Act. If you object

to a foreclosure of the

above-mentioned prop-

erty on that basis, then

you or your attorney

must ﬁle a written

appearance and answer

in this court at Three

Pemberton Square,

Boston, MA 02108 on or

before January 28, 2019

or you will be forever

barred from claiming

that you are entitled to

the beneﬁts of said Act.

Witness, Gordon H. Piper

Chief Justice of this Court

on December 12, 2018.

Attest:

Deborah J. Patterson

Recorder

12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF CHELSEA

INVITATION FOR BIDS

MODULAR TURF PROTEC-

TION SYSTEM

The City of Chelsea

Massachusetts Public

Schools through its Chief

Procurement Ofﬁcer is

seeking sealed bids for

“Modular Turf Protection

System” for the City of

Chelsea.

Invitation for Bid

documents are available

on or after December

27, 2018 by contacting

Dylan Cook, Chief

Procurement Ofﬁcer at

[email protected]

or by visiting the City’s

website http://www.chel-

seama.gov/purchasing/

pages/current-bids-solic-

itations.

Bids must be sealed

and clearly marked

“Modular Turf Protection

System” and submitted

to the Ofﬁce of the Chief

Procurement Ofﬁcer no

later than 10:00 AM on

Thursday, January 10,

2019.

The City of Chelsea re-

serves the right to accept

any bid, to reject and/

or all bids and to waive

minor irregularities and/

or formalities as it deems

to be in the best interest

of the City.

In accordance with

our Minority Business

Enterprise Plan, we are

inviting all qualiﬁed

women and minority

business ﬁrms to

respond.

The City of Chelsea is

an Equal Opportunity

Employer.

This invitation for bid is

in accordance with M.G.L.

Chapter 30B.

Dylan Cook

Chief Procurement

Ofﬁcer

12/27/18

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF

PETITION FOR

TERMINATION

OF PARENTAL

RIGHTS

G.L. c.

210 § 3

COMMONWEALTH

OF MASSACHUSETTS

THE TRIAL COURT

PROABTE AND

FAMILY COURT

Middlesex Probate

And Family Court

208 Cambridge St.

Cambridge, MA 02141

(617)768-5800

Docket No.

MI18A0218CW

Notice of Petition

For Termination

Of Parental Rights

G.L. c. 210 § 3

In the matter of:

Valentina Eillen

Zelaya

To: any unknown or

Unnamed father,

Parent(s) of the

Above named child

* A putative father will

not have standing as a

party to this case without

a voluntary acknowledg-

ment of parentage or an

adjudication of paternity.

A petition has been

presented to said court

by Bright Futures

Adoptions Center, Acton,

MA 01720 representing

that the parent(s) of

the child lack(s) current

ability, capacity, ﬁtness

and readiness to assume

parental responsibility

for the child; that the

petitioner’s plan for

the child will serve the

child’s best interests;

and, requesting that

this Honorable Court

enter a decree under the

provisions of the General

Laws of Massachusetts,

Chapter 210, Section

3, that shall have the

effect of terminating the

rights of the person(s)

named herein to receive

notice of or to consent

to any legal proceeding

affecting the custody,

guardianship, adoption

or other disposition of

the child named herein.

IF YOU DESIRE TO

OBJECT THERETO, YOU

OR YOUR ATTORNEY

MUST FILE A WRITTEN

APPEARANCE IN SAID

COURT AT: Cambridge ON

OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK

IN THE MORNING (10:00

A.M.) ON: 02/07/2019

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO

THE APPOINTMENT OF

AN ATTORNEY IF YOU

ARE AN INDIGENT PER-

SON. An Indigent person

is deﬁned by SJC RULE

3:10. The deﬁnition

includes but is not limited

to persons receiving

AFDC, EAEDC, poverty re-

lated veteran’s beneﬁts,

food stamps, refugee

resettlement beneﬁts,

Medicaid, and SSI. The

Court will determine if

you are indigent. Contact

an Assistant Judicial Case

Manager/Adoptions

Clerk of the Court on

or before the date

listed above to obtain the

necessary forms.

WITNESS, Hon. Edward F.

Donnelly, Jr., First Justice

of this Court.

Date: December 10,

20 18

Tara E. DiCristofaro

12/20/18, 12/27/18,

1/3/19

Employees of Colwen Ho-

tels collaborated this holiday

season to work together as

teams to give back to the local

community through CAPIC,

Community Action Programs

Inter-City Inc., and the Chel-

sea/Revere Family Network.

Jeannette Velez of CAPIC

addressed the company to ex-

plain how they activate sup-

port to the Chelsea Revere

Family Network, which is

a state funded program ser-

vicing families with children

from the prenatal stage up

to eight years old. Jeannette

helped Colwen select individ-

ual families to surprise and

make this holiday season spe-

cial for their children. Over

$5,000 in wrapped gifts and

gift cards were assembled on

Friday, December 14th at the

Homewood Suites by Hilton

Boston Logan Airport Chel-

sea hotel.

Colwen Hotels also op-

erates three other Chelsea

based hotels including the

Residence Inn Boston Logan

Airport Chelsea, TownePlace

Suites Boston Logan Airport

Chelsea, and the brand new

Holiday Inn Boston Logan

Airport Chelsea.

“We strongly believe in

giving back to the commu-

nities where our hotels are

located. It is just magical to

see everyone in the company

come together like this in the

pure spirit of giving. We are

very proud to support these

families through this great or-

ganization”, said Julie Scott,

President of Colwen Hotels.

Colwen Hotels is a rapidly

growing hotel company based

in Portsmouth, NH. Colwen’s

portfolio boasts over 25 suc-

cessful hotels in the states of

Massachusetts, New Hamp-

shire, Rhode Island, New

York and New Jersey. With an

aggressive pipeline, Colwen

strategically develops proper-

ties in emerging markets and

mixed-use redevelopments.

The company is committed to

local communities and chari-

ties, LEED-certied sustain-

ability, and being a premier

employer. Colwen Hotels is

known for a signature design

that is upscale-stylish and ar-

tistically inspired. The award

winning company strives to

lead the world in frictionless

hotel stays. To learn more

about Colwen Hotels, visit

www.colwenhotels.com.

CAPIC a private, non-prof-

it corporation chartered in

1967 and designated to iden-

tify and eradicate the root

causes of poverty in Chelsea,

Revere and Winthrop. The

organization is governed by a

twenty one member commu-

nity-based Board of Directors

that represents public, private,

and low-income sectors of the

communities we serve. In ad-

dition, CAPIC provides hous-

ing services to the residents

of East Boston through our

local program and twenty-ve

other communities regionally,

as well as Weatherization ser-

vices to eighteen local com-

munities. Since its inception,

CAPIC has grown to meet the

changing needs

of the communities we

serve, supporting self-suf-

ciency efforts of people strug-

gling economically and emo-

tionally. To learn more about

CAPIC, visit www.capicinc.

org.

Colwen Hotels employees come together to donate over $5,000 in holiday

gifts for families in need through CAPIC’s Chelsea Revere Family Network

BOOK REVIEW

"Crashed: How a decade of

Financial Crises changed the world"

By Adam Tooze

Reviewed By Bernie Kelley

This is an exemplary retro-

spective of the nancial cri-

sis of 2008 and its aftermath.

Adam Tooze regales us with

a depiction of the horrors that

were unfurled during and af-

ter the crisis. the book is di-

vided into four parts, each of

which attends to different fac-

ets of the 10-year period fol-

lowing the nancial disaster.

The author does a nice job

of holding the reader’s inter-

est. The book is lled with

facts and gures pertinent to

the monetary emergency, but

Tooze does his best to make

it accessible to the average

reader.

The crisis originated in the

United States when Lehman

Brothers collapsed, but to

quote Tooze: “ To view the

crisis of 2008 as basically an

American event was tempt-

ing,” but in fact the emergen-

cy spread all over the world,

especially to the Eurozone,

which experienced the brunt

of the crisis around 2010

and 2011. Tooze divides the

blame on liberals and con-

servatives alike, although I

got the feeling that he is/was

a moderate left-winger.

In Europe the difculties

involved Ireland, Spain and

most famously and harmfully

Greece, which experienced

economic turmoil after Euro-

pean authorities imposed aus-

terity measures due to a terri-

ble run on banks. European

countries, especially Germa-

ny experienced great duress

over the prospect of bailing

out Greece.

In addition, the world was

beset by what was viewed as

populist political remedies, in

particular the rise of Donald

Trump in America and the

Brexit vote in Britain. Tooze

attributes most of the blame

for these maladies to the

shaky scal situation which

arose from the crisis of 2008.

The author lumps all these

phenomena under the nan-

cial banner, and I am not sure

they were all interrelated, but

he does make an intersecting

case for it all.

Tooze’s chapter on Trump

elaborates on what the author

believes to be the rise of a

right wing demagogue, but he

barely mentions the positive

effect that Trump has had on

the U.S. economy.

The crisis of 2008 was

widely viewed by many to

be the most unstable period

since the Great Depression,

which germinated in 1929

and lasted beyond the 1930s.

During the latest crisis, mil-

lions of people lost their jobs

and/or homes in the period

from 2008 to 2015. Presi-

dent Obama who inherited

the mess from the previous

Bush Administration, did his

best to contain the crisis, but

the enormity of the instability

was such that government in-

tervention by itself could not

contain the onslaught from

the failing banks.

Adam Tooze is a gifted

writer and his book on the s-

cal disaster is lled with mi-

nutiae relevant to the duration

of the nancial difculties. I

had never heard of Tooze

before I read this book, but I

will pay great heed to whatev-

er he publishes in the future.

“Crashed” is an excellent

read. The reader leaves it well

informed on the niceties of

nance. You, the reader will

nd it to be an excellent book.

I recommend it heartily.

Bernie Kelly

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