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Potential Approval CHELSEA’S #1 AGENT TEAM. WE GET THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR OUR SELLER’S LISTINGS. JEFF BOWEN: 781-201-9488 SANDRA CASTILLO: 617-780-6988 CHELSEAREALESTATE.COM | [email protected] Boston Harbor Real Estate | 188 Sumner Street | East Boston Chelsea record YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1890 VOLUME 118, No. 27 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 35 CENTS Noise study BICYCLE GIVEAWAY Potential approval ready to get Eastern Avenue marijuana facility underway close to permits for growing, selling in Chelsea By Adam Swift the facility located in the Designers Choice flower A proposed marijuana market will use the exist- By Adam Swift facility at 80 Eastern Ave. ing 24,700 sq. ft. building to grow and sell marijuana Don’t expect the jum- will be a soup to nuts op- and marijuana products. bo jets to stop roaring over eration. Or maybe more ac- “We are aiming to pro- Chelsea anytime soon, but a curately, seed to smoke. duce 5,000 pounds per year new noise study could lead The applicants for the at this facility,” said Mike to a better understanding of proposal, Jolo Can LLC, Farnum of Harbor House. sound levels and their health doing business as Har- The marijuana that is effects in the city. bor House Collective, ap- grown and cultivated will The Community Noise peared before the Zoning be for sale at the Eastern Lab at Boston University’s Board of Appeals (ZBA) Avenue retail facility and School of Public Health last week for a special per- will not be shipped to other is conducting the study mit hearing. Harbor House locations. and collecting data free of Collective still needs to go “Everything will take charge to the city over the before the Planning Board place right here, we will coming year. Last week, Er- in October before coming be creating and cultivating ica Walker, the founder of PHOTO BY MARIANNE SALZA back to the ZBA in Novem- all the products,” Farnum the Community Noise Lab, Kory Leong, six-years-old, admiring his new bicycle during the Knights of Pythias bicycle ber for potential approval said. met with residents at Green- giveaway at the Chelsea Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 12. Six children who excelled in of the project. the summer reading program were awarded the bikes, and annual celebration to conclude Once city and state ap- Roots to discuss the scope While proposals for sev- summer reading. See Page 5 for more photos. provals are granted, Far- and goals of the study. eral retail marijuana shops num said there will be a “This is a study that is be- have come before city of- three- to four-month seed- ing done not just in Chelsea, ficials, the 80 Eastern Ave. ing and growing process but in several communities project differs in that it will before any products are across Greater Boston,” said include a cultivation and ready for sale. Walker. Chelsea Commuter Rail Station packaging facility in addi- Initial plans call for While there is an obvious tion to a retail sales compo- interest from residents and nent. city officials about noise has groundbreaking moment Harbor House Collec- See PERMITS Page 3 levels from Logan Airport, tive representatives stated Last Friday, City and Walker noted that the Noise By Seth Daniel relocated approximately State officials – and even Lab studies are about more 1,800 feet west of the exist- special guest former City than the straightforward For more than 20 years, ing station for easier, more DoubleTree Hotel to sell Manager Jay Ash – gath- measuring of decibels. the Silver Line coming to convenient transfers to the ered on the site adjacent The Community Noise Chelsea was a dream on adjacent SL3 stop in Chel- to the Basket to perform a to new ownership group Lab’s approach is centered paper. sea. The new station will ceremonial groundbreak- also be a completely ac- on community-identified Now, the Silver Line DoubleTree. ing and cheer the final leg cessible facility and feature By Seth Daniel noise issues, which it in- (SL3) service is up and Now, they are looking running for more than a of the project that so many high-level platforms, new vestigates using real-time The City’s Economic to sell it to the Pyramid year and the final piece of dreamed about for so long. sidewalks, ramps, stair- sound monitoring as well as Development Board has ap- Group, which is a 20-year- that puzzle – the commuter With a Notice to Proceed ways, lighting, signage, a downloadable phone app, proved the sale of the Dou- old company based in Bos- rail station behind Market awarded to A.A. Will in canopies, benches, and NoiseScore, Walker said. bleTree Hotel – formerly ton. The company owns Basket – is now starting June 2019 and early work windscreens. The With the support of the the Wyndham Hotel – to scores of hotels nationwide, construction and will be in beginning last month, the community, the data is used the Pyramid Group out of but locally they manage the place soon. brand new ChelseaCom- to understand noise issues See RAIL STATIONPage 8 Boston. Boston Harbor Hotel and muter Rail Station will be and their impacts. The hotel has been the Revere Hotel Boston “A lot of studies look at owned by WEDGE of Tex- Common – both considered only how loud the noise is, as for many years, and was luxury properties. not the frequencies and oth- given a TIF agreement by City Manager Tom Am- er issues,” Walker said. “We the City a three years ago brosino said it was good are also interested in noise to help with renovations. news, and the sale came be- that you can feel and how it The company fully reno- fore the Board as it lies in impacts your health.” vated the property and up- the Urban Renewal Area of Walker pointed to a sound dated most of the inside and Everett Avenue. map that she helped create outside – also switching “WEDGE is about to sell for Boston, with one side the flag from Wyndham to showing sound levels, and See HOTEL Page 3 the other factoring in the perception of noise by resi- PARADE CELEBRATION dents in different neighbor- hoods. “East Boston is not one of the loudest areas in the city, but the perception of noise in the neighborhood is through the roof,” Walker said. City and State officials held an official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Commuter In Chelsea, the Noise Rail Station behind Market Basket on Friday, Sept. 13. The new station will replace the old Lab’s study will include the one and will provide much better interface with the new Silver Line. (L-R) Councilor Judith use of eight noise monitors Garcia, former City Manager Jay Ash, Council President Damali Vidot, City Manager Tom Ambrosino, MBTA Director Steve Poktak, Gov. Charlie Baker, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, State Sen. Sal DiDomenico and State Rep. Dan Ryan. See NOISE Page 3 Chelsea High muralist hit his stride suddenly last summer By Seth Daniel being the beloved rubber Galicia, 16, said he has pated in school shows, but ducky mural on Division been inspired by art his he said within the last six It was as if sudden tal- Street. whole life, and has partici- months, he has suddenly ent just fell from above on found a passion for painting Chelsea High sophomore murals – and he has gotten Sinai Galicia – who has dis- quite good at it very fast. tinguished himself over the “My friends didn’t be- last several months as a tal- lieve it at first,” he said. “It ented painter and muralist, was a surprise to me too. with his most recent work For me, it was just a wake- up call. I was always inter- ested in art my whole life, INDEPENDENT but I just wasn’t very good at it. Then I just got very Newspaper Group interested in painting and www.chelsearecord.com murals and started doing it. PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN I wanted to be a doctor and Kirenya Sanchez, Ms. Ambassador Honduras of Supreme Just Ducky: Chelsea High sophomore Sinai Galicia has since I got so interested in Massachusetts looking regal indeed during the Latin suddenly found a talent for painting murals, and he’s on art, I’ve changed my career American Independence Parade on Sunday, Sept. 15, on a tear through the community. His latest work, a yellow path totally. I want to look Broadway in Chelsea. The flags of Honduras, El Salvador, rubber duck on Division Street, has drawn a lot of attention into interior design or archi- Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama paraded down Broad- in the community and on social media as the City tries to way behind the American flag as hundreds followed. See repurpose the street. See GALICIA Page 3 page 11 for more photos. Page 2 THE CHELSEA RECORD Thursday, September 19, 2019 POLICE Briefs BY SETH DANIEL AND PAUL KOOLLOIAN Rep. Vincent tours Chelsea Floor Covering Co. HATE CRIME: an MBTA bus on Merid- found to be in possession of to discuss support of film industry tax credit ATTACKED FOR ian Street in East Boston. knives and placed under ar- Robert Rezendez, 66, of rest. BEING WHITE Slug: Rep. Vincent Tours Boston, was placed under Santos Canizalez, 19, of On Sept. 6, at 11:25 Chelsea Floor Covering Co. arrest without incident at 155 Pearl St., was charged p.m., officers responded to to discuss Support of Film that location. Chelsea offi- with carrying a dangerous 925 Broadway for a report Industry Tax Credit cers recovered money and weapon.
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