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🌱 Chelsea attendance figures highlight Massachusetts schools' struggle with absences
Chelsea, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Chelsea! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Chelsea attendance figures highlight Massachusetts schools' struggle with absences
- What caring for Chelsea patients taught one doctor about safety
- A veteran's son searches for the children behind treasured letters
Also on today's calendar: Winter Wonderland Crafts Fair and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A blend of sun and clouds, with a high of 56 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 51, low: 43.
- Friday: A little rain; breezy, cooler, with a high of 45 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Massachusetts Students Have Missed an Extra 15 Million School Days Since 2020, Boston Globe Analysis Finds (wror.com) — In Chelsea, 62% of students missed at least one day in the school year's early weeks, according to a Globe analysis of Massachusetts absenteeism. The statewide reporting links persistent absences to weaker academic outcomes and describes teachers struggling to keep lessons moving while helping students catch up. 
• His family, his patients, and you (harvard.edu) — Treating COVID patients in Chelsea helped physician Raj Panjabi see why safety advice must account for people's living conditions, including crowded apartments where isolation was impossible. His new book, “Safer,” draws on those experiences to explain how advance planning and community support can help people navigate public health emergencies and personal crises.
• Navy corpsman riddled with bullets in Vietnam kept every letter Gloucester kids sent him, in a red bag, until the day he died (massdailynews.com) — While recovering at Chelsea Naval Hospital from wounds suffered in Vietnam, Navy corpsman Russell Jacobson received 33 letters from Gloucester schoolchildren. He kept them in a red carry-on bag until his death in 2015. Now his son is trying to find the former students whose jokes, prayers and classroom news reached his father.
📸 Around Chelsea
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Upcoming Events in
Chelsea
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★ Featured events ★
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Winter Wonderland Crafts Fair →
Salemwood School Gym, 529 Salem St, Malden
10:00 am -
Super Saturday: 4th Annual Black Entrepreneurs Holiday Showcase & Sale →
West Medford Community Center, 111 Arlington St, Medford
12:00 pm -
Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
Virtual,
3:00 pm
Saturday November 14
Saturday November 21
Sunday December 6
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Other local events
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Harvest Storytime (0 - 5)
Children's Room The Revere Public Library, 179 Beach Street, Chelsea
11:00 am -
Connolly Book Group
Connolly Center, 90 Chelsea St, Everett
12:00 pm -
Tune In: Music Class at the Library!
Meeting Room Parlin Memorial Library, 410 Broadway, Everett
3:00 pm -
Study Buddies
Children's Room Parlin Memorial Library, 410 Broadway, Eve
3:00 pm -
Gaming Club
YA Room Parlin Memorial Library, 410 Broadway, Everett
3:00 pm -
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
East Boston Branch Library, 276 Meridian Street, East Boston
4:00 pm -
Native American Heritage Creative Writing (6 - 12)
The Green Room The Revere Public Library, 179 Beach Street, Reve
4:30 pm -
Craft Circle
Meeting Room Shute Memorial Library, 781 Broadway, Everett
5:00 pm -
Breakfast With Santa →
Loyal Order of Moose, 562 Broadway, Malden
9:00 am
Thursday November 12
Saturday November 28
📣 Chelsea Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Merchandise Associate in Chelsea. Apply here.
- Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Cashier in Everett. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chelsea here.
🗞 Nearby News
Revere
- Decades-old dive bar at Revere Beach closes to make way for condos (nbcboston.com)
- ICE Boston Arrests Colombian Illegal Alien Charged with Child Sex Assaults (newbedfordguide.com)
- Kelly's Roast Beef Launches New North Shore Way Sandwich (wbsm.com)
North End
- These Small Italian Restaurants In Massachusetts Are Well Worth The Wait This Year (newsbreak.com)
- Global M&A trends: 6 notable Q3 2026 cases out of the US, EU, and UK (jdsupra.com)
Somerville
- Transgender Day Of Remembrance Ceremony Set In Somerville (patch.com)
Ok Chelsea! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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