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Feeling the Pain in Chelsea, Capuano Won Reception Takes Place That Eve- with 1,138 Votes (54 Percent) Ning from 6 to 8 P.M NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HUGE SUCCESS Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Celata Real Estate Academy Become a Real next class September 8th www.ChelseaRealEstate.com email [email protected] to list your Jeff Bowen Estate Agent Ask for Maureen home, condo, or multi-family for sale with us Text/Call @ 781-289-7500 781-201-9488 BOOK YOUR POST IT Chelsea record Call Your YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1890 Advertising Rep (781)485-0588 VOLUME 117, No. 28 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 35 CENTS Secretary Ash Boston Councilor Ayanna Pressley defeats Congressman Capuano says not consider- ing MassPort job Capuano won Chelsea with 54 percent of the vote By Seth Daniel In places like Charlestown, at the moment Somerville and East Boston, The world was turned on voting was light, and even By Seth Daniel its nose Tuesday night in the though Capuano won Chelsea Congressional District 7 race and Everett, it wasn’t enough Airplanes apparently aren’t when Boston City Council- votes to counter the surge on in the future for state Housing or Ayanna Pressley surprised the other side of downtown Secretary Jay Ash. everyone with a solid victory, Boston. Ash – the former City Man- ousting Congressman Michael In her victory speech Tues- ager of Chelsea – told the Re- Capuano from the seat he has day night, the Boston coun- cord this week that he has no held for 20 years. cilor repeated the phrase that intention right now of pursu- Capuano conceded the race “Change can’t wait.” ing the soon-to-be open job of around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday “You, your families and director at MassPort. after a long day of campaign- friends expected more and “Secretary Ash is not fo- ing that included prominent these times needed more from cused on anything other than stops in Charlestown with our leaders and our party,” the work of the Baker-Polito Mayor Martin Walsh at his she said from her watch par- Administration right now,” side rallying voters with State ty at Dorchester’s IBEW hall. read a statement from his of- Rep. Dan Ryan and State Sen. “These times demanded a par- fice. Sal DiDomenico late in the ty that was bold, uncompro- MassPort CEO Tom Glynn day. mising and unafraid…It isn’t announced two weeks ago that Pressley did visit Chelsea enough to see the Democrats he would step down from his on Tuesday, where she en- back in power, but…it mat- position next year after a run joyed great support at a ral- tered who those Democrats of several years at the helm of ly in front of the Williams are. And, while our president the airport. Council President Damali Vidot joined Ayanna Pressley and Chelsea residents outside the polls on School. is a racist, misogynistic, truly That has brought on much Tuesday afternoon. She is also joined by School Committeeman Julio Hernandez. Both candidates had cam- empathetically bankrupt man, speculation about who the paigned heavily in Chelsea the area that makes the 7th next director would be, and over the last six months, with Congressional District one of more than a few insiders were many seeing the city as a bat- the most unequal was cement- pitching Ash’s name around License Commission agrees to continue tle ground for what ended up ed through policies drawn up the diamond. Many believe being only a very small num- long before he ever descended Ash would make a good can- voluntary ban on small liquor bottles ber of votes – with the election the escalator at Trump Tower. didate for MassPort, having seeing only a 15 percent turn- In fact, some of those policies served in Chelsea and know- were put in place with Demo- By Lucas Ferreira commissioners, and police. quor brands identified as prob- out and 2,106 votes cast in the ing the surrounding communi- They were all there to address lematic. race. crats in the White House and ty’s well. One can raise a six-pack to the contentious topic of per- The meeting ended with the Pressley and Capuano also in control of our Congress. However, Ash said he isn’t the end of summer if they’re manently banning 100ml to resulting community agreeing had major elected official sup- They are policies so ingrained a candidate right now. a legal-aged hardworking res- 250ml bottles and single can/ to maintain a voluntary ban port in Chelsea, with Coun- in our daily lives that we’ve ident, but one will no longer malt bottle beverages. of 100ml and 250ml bottles cilors such as Leo Robinson, almost convinced ourselves be able to raise up a 250ml nip Following from the ini- and new, agreed-upon stipu- Roy Avellaneda and State Welcome to bottle due to a continuing vol- tial commission decision to lations for community liquor Rep. Dan Ryan with Capuano. See ELECTION Page 2 untary ban by Chelsea liquor employ a voluntary ban on store owners. The agreement Meanwhile, Council President Chelsea photo stores courtesy of the Chelsea the June 26, the rare Aug. 28 comes on the heels of escalat- Damali Vidot, Councilor Enio License Commission. meeting was an update to see ing community tensions with Lopez and School Commit- contest winners, The Chelsea Licensing about further action. what Chelsea Police have teeman Julio Hernandez. commission met again on the Over the summer down- described as “50 or so” indi- Districtwide, Pressley took opening reception topic of 250 mL alcohol bot- town stores stopped selling viduals who constantly perpe- the race by 18 percent, win- tles on Aug. 28 in the Chelsea nips and voluntarily stopped trate public intoxication and ning 59 percent to 41 per- September 14 Public Library to packed room selling other small bottles as cent. Pressley enjoyed great of invested residents, owners, well as two very low-cost li- support south of Boston and An exhibit of contemporary See BOTTLES Page 2 in Dorchester and Mattapan photographs celebrating life – where voter turnout was in Chelsea will be on display heavy and she took many pre- starting Friday, September 14, cincts in a 70-30 percent split. at Gallery 456. The opening Feeling the pain In Chelsea, Capuano won reception takes place that eve- with 1,138 votes (54 percent) ning from 6 to 8 p.m. at 456 to Pressley’s Congressman Michael Capua- Broadway, Chelsea. Citywide in Boston, Press- no, who is shown here during The featured images are After 11 weeks of lock-out, National ley beat Capuano 64 percent a campaign stop, conceded large scale reproductions of (40,452 votes) to 36 percent the race around 9:30 p.m. on the winners of the Welcome to (22,831 votes). Tuesday after a long day of Chelsea Photo Contest. Am- Grid gas ready to continue the fight campaigning. ateur and professional pho- tographers participated with By Seth Daniel other piece of the puzzle is the seemingly – on Labor Day – Chelsea unveils John Bruttaniti a dozen winners selected by day-to-day reality of having had seen enough. a formal judging panel. The Down in the Back Bay’s lost health insurance, pay- “This is unacceptable on Memorial Bridge with MassDOT People’s Choice Award decid- Park Plaza, hundreds of Na- checks and having to stage la- Labor Day and any day,” tional Grid gas workers – now bor’s most ardent fight of the said state AFL-CIO Presi- ed through online voting by By Cary Shuman at the age of 41. more than 500 votes by people locked out of work for 11 past decade. dent Steve Tolman. “The fight Vidot said she personally in the community. weeks – took center stage on For Everett’s Rocky Leo, you’ve been waging the last The City of Chelsea ded- understood the importance The contest was presented what many said was the truest who appeared with about a three months is the most im- icated the Washington Ave- of having a mentor like Mr. by Chelsea Prospers, the City example of what Labor Day dozen locked-out Chelsea portant fight you’ll ever have. nue bridge at Heard Street in Bruttaniti during one’s years of Chelsea’s initiative for vi- should actually mean. workers recently at a Chel- Brothers and sisters, you are memory of Chelsea Police of personal development. tality in the downtown, and The politics of the mat- sea City Council meeting, the standing up to a corporate en- officer John Bruttaniti during Other speakers at the cere- the facebook group Chelsea ter shone through clearly on lockout has a human angle – vironment that has been scrap- an unveiling ceremony on mony echoed the belief that a MA Photography Club coor- Monday morning during the and standing tall in the Back ing away for the last 20 years Wednesday, Aug. 29. bridge dedication was the per- rally in the street with the Bay on Monday, he said that at our health care and pen- Councillor-at-Large Leo fect way to honor a man who Please see Photos Page 5 state’s political elite, but an- is exactly what the company is sions. Where are the elected Robinson served as master of was “a bridge” from Chelsea’s trying to exploit. officials asking National Grid ceremonies for the program dedicated public servants in “They’re banking on us to step up to the table and ne- during which City Manager the Police Department to the FIGHT AGAINST HOMELESSNESS not getting by – we workers gotiate and get an agreement? Tom Ambrosino and Council city’s youth. going under and losing our Public safety should be first.” President Damali Vidot and Several of Mr.
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