Chelsea News

Wakefield's unemployment A rate, already significantly lower than the national average, dropped again in April, according to figures released by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

The Somerville Board of Aldermen want to prevent an oil company from shipping 187 million gallons of ethanol through the city each year on Commuter Rail lines, according to proceedings from a Board of Aldermen meeting.

A Cape Cod disc jockey filed suit in U.S. District Court Thursday seeking $2 million from those he holds responsible for a beating he received in a Hyannis bar last year.

Somerville's unemployment rate has remained steady at 3.9 percent for the second month in a row, according to figures released by the state earlier this week.

Somerset Housing Authority Director Lucia Casey is asking everyone in town to contact state Rep.

"If you don't like the way you're living, you can change that," raps Wakefield resident Nick Kermelewicz, known in the Boston music scene as The President.A And he means it.A A self-made musician,A Kermelewicz, 21, is the winner of Patch's "Battle of the Bands," contest , the month-long competition that pitted local acts against one another and ... (more)

Jody Lassiter, 49, of Everett, had argued with the victim, a 33-year-old Somerville man, earlier in the night on May 15, and then started a fight with him steps from the front entrance of King Arthur's Lounge, according to the Suffolk County district attorney's office.

The following excerpts are from reports in theA Peabody Police Department A press log from May 17-18. Thursday, May 17 2:18 p.m. Police made a motor vehicle stop at Higgins Middle School and cited a driver for speeding in a school zone and not having a valid inspection sticker.

Almost everybody says they love children, but that tunes changes when topics like development and schools come into play.

The following excerpts are from reports in theA Peabody Police Department A press log from May 16-17. Wednesday, May 16 3:10 p.m. An officer located some individuals removing scrap metal from the woods near the Comcast property on Farm Avenue.

Eugene O'Flaherty miscalculated badly when he tried to place the Chelsea District Court under the control of the central Boston Municipal Court.

Amesbury, Chelsea, and Newburyport have adopted union-backed changes to their employee health insurance plans that they say will bring much-needed savings.

Chelsea strip joint that's no stranger to violence was the scene of another bloody attack early today after a Somerville man - kicked out of the club just moments before - was stabbed twice in the neck just steps from the front doorway, police said.

For The Architectural Team Inc. of Chelsea, Mass., historic restoration and adaptive reuse aren't concepts that get trotted out occasionally as a portfolio novelty.

Nearly a dozen principals who will be leading experimental schools in Michigan's new statewide school district were introduced Friday as officials continue preparations for the first class of students this fall.

The pursuit, which started at the Square One Mall in Saugus with a routine traffic stop, came to an end on the Carter Street off ramp off of Route 1 in Chelsea.

Housing data shows the percentage of homes occupied by renters in Medford is significantly lower than many nearby communities.

Many Boston area wholesalers are leaning on their produce staples, as the U.S. economy continues to recover from the Great Recession.

The United States Postal Service, which over a year ago announced it would seek to sell the Union Square Post Office , officially put the building on the market a couple of weeks ago, according to an email from Dennis Tarmey, a spokesperson for the Post Office.

More Stoneham residents had jobs in March as compared to January, according to the latest statistics from theA Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development .