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Tom Ambrosino

I'm City Manager of Chelsea. I don't live in Chelsea. I would, but my girlfriend won't let me, it's her house!

What I like most about Chelsea is the people. They're genuine, down to earth, no pretensions, not entitled, [and]…

Taylor Choquet Corcoran

I was born and raised in Chelsea, my parents still live here, they're Chelsea natives living in the house my grandfather built.

I went to school here, Catholic middle school and high school me and my friends hung out…

Sgt Star Chung, wife Jackie, and daughter Star

“I will always look after Chelsea. I've been my worst here, and I've been my best here. I've seen my worst here, and I've seen my best here. Chelsea is like a family member that you can't get rid…

Rick and Bobbie Zhongi

“We bought the house [on Medford St] in 1971 for $1000 [and finished renovating in 1973]. We went before the Aldermen and told them if they sold us the house we would rehabilitate the building and put it back on the tax…

Pepper Fee and April Swartz

Pepper: I couldn't afford anything in Somerville, and I banked over to Chelsea, and I didn't understand why everybody said this place was so bad because it's kinda cool. It's [waterfront] like Back Bay. I wanted to be…

"My father was a jokester. When kids would say they would run away from home, if you're going to run away from how, take some of those little bastards with you, don't go empty-handed! My father never had a decent job, he worked for Bernstein's Metal…

Patty Ebanks

I have been in Chelsea for 26 years. I came from Honduras. I have family here. My father had a green card, so my brothers and I could enter legally. I was 28 when I came. I had two children [in Honduras]. They came after [me]…

Max Corona, AKA MaxPro

I grew up in Chelsea. My grandparents emigrated from Cuba with my father. My mom is from Puerto Rico, and they met because my grandfather was renting an apartment to my grandmother!

I went to school in Chelsea, lived…

Martha (Martita) Amaya Flores
I’ve been living in Chelsea for 31 years. I came from El Salvador because of the war. It was very sad, it was a war that never ended. I saw many dead, much hunger, much misery in my country. When I left it was the last…

Margaret Hernandez, 2 yr old son Gabriel, and friend Andy Ramon

My parents are from Framingham, but I grew up here. My mom decided to go back to Framingham my senior year, but I decided to stay, so I moved out at age 16 to finish my senior…