Tuesday is the crowded night on Chelsea’s calendar next week. Four city boards meet within 15 minutes of each other on November 10, in three different buildings and on Zoom, a few hours after the Veterans Day ceremony at the Veterans Home. Wednesday is Veterans Day, with the city’s ceremony and free lunch at the Clark Avenue Middle School. On Thursday, the Licensing Commission holds two disciplinary hearings, and a strike by nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is set to begin unless a contract is reached first.
Here is the week of November 8 to 14, with one deadline that falls today and a few dates to mark for the week after.
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Today and Saturday
- Friday, November 6: body art comments due. The Board of Health’s hearing notice asks anyone who wants to share comments on its proposed revisions to the city’s 2001 body art regulations, or who needs language accommodations at Tuesday’s hearing, to email [email protected] no later than today.
- Saturday, November 7: Chelsea Reads, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chelsea Public Library, 569 Broadway. The library’s annual family literacy celebration is in its 21st year, according to the city calendar.
Monday, November 9
- Charter Review Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 500 Broadway. The committee takes up the City Council section of the draft charter, which would raise the number of votes needed to pass spending from six to eight. Our story on the draft.
- Brigham contract talks. Negotiators for the Massachusetts Nurses Association and Mass General Brigham are scheduled to meet Monday, the last session on the calendar before Thursday’s strike date.
Tuesday, November 10
- Veterans Day ceremony, 10 a.m., Great Room, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea, 100 Summit Avenue. Chelsea High School’s Jazz Band, Concert Band and Cantare singers perform. Details on both ceremonies.
- Board of Health public hearing, 5:45 p.m., Williams School Building, 180 Walnut Street (use the Arlington Street entrance). The subject is the proposed revision of the body art regulations. The hearing is in person.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m., City Hall. The board hears the 150-unit proposal at Broadway and Spencer Avenue, which needs relief from 11 zoning rules, along with other cases. Our preview.
- Tree hearing, 6 p.m., auditorium of the Chelsea Public Library, 569 Broadway. The Department of Public Works will consider removing one public shade tree, a 6-inch northern red oak at 79 Harvard Street. Objections must be in writing and reach Tree Warden Bladimir Hernandez before or during the hearing: by mail or in person at City Hall, Room 310, or by email to [email protected] until noon Tuesday.
- Economic Development Board, 6 p.m., held virtually, according to the city calendar.
Wednesday, November 11: Veterans Day
- City of Chelsea Veterans Day Ceremony and Lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Avenue Middle School, 8 Clark Avenue. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public, with live music, a buffet lunch, a missing man table presentation and keynote speaker Keith Rovinelli. Information: Chelsea Veterans Services, (617) 466-4250.
Thursday, November 12
- Brigham nurses strike, 7 a.m., unless there is a deal. The union’s notice calls for an open-ended strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. As of Friday morning, no settlement had been reported. What Chelsea patients need to know.
- Licensing Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall. Torito Restaurant and Chelsea Walk face disciplinary hearings. Our preview.
- Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee, 7 p.m., in the library of the school, 100 Hemlock Road, Wakefield. The posted agenda includes citizens’ participation and an executive session on collective bargaining.
Saturday, November 14
- Teen workshop on cave art, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, offered through Chelsea Recreation and Cultural Affairs for ages 13 to 18. The cost is $10, and participants must get there on their own. Register at recreation.chelseama.gov.
- Little Picassos, 11 to 11:45 a.m., Williams Building, 180 Walnut Street. The art workshop for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult runs Saturdays from November 7 to November 21 and costs $15. Register at recreation.chelseama.gov.
Looking ahead
- Monday, November 16: City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall. The council set its hearing on next year’s tax rates for this meeting, as we reported after the November 2 session.
- Tuesday, November 17: Planning Board, 6 p.m., City Hall.
- Wednesday, November 18: The Winter Farmers Market opens for the season, 2 to 6 p.m., Chelsea Square, 179 Winnisimmet Street, with a free activity making holiday swags from the branches of the city’s former holiday spruce, while supplies last. More on the market and the $20 coupon. At 5:30 p.m. the same day, the City Manager’s office holds a public hearing on renewing the city’s Comcast franchise, City Hall, Room 305. Written comments go through a survey in the Latest News section of chelseama.gov and are due by noon on November 30.
Meeting times and places come from the city calendar and the posted notices as of Friday morning. Boards sometimes continue cases or change rooms, so check the posted agenda on the day.