Call it running hard. Call it running smart. Call it what you will. US Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren visited Chelsea again earlier this week. It was Warren’s fourth time visiting the city and touring it or attending a private function…
Month: February 2012
Auditors Failed to Act on McLaughlin Salary
State auditors going over the Chelsaea Housing Authority’s books in 2005 apparently knew that disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Michael McLaughlin was concealing his true salary from state officials. The auditors told him and urged him to seek…
Forensic Analysis Legislation Passed
Chelsea State Representative Eugene L. O’Flaherty has led the House in passing a new bill that will give courts better access to DNA evidence as a way to avoid wrongful convictions. Last week the House passed the bill that provides…
The Auditors Knew
The drubbing this city has taken because of Mike McLaughlin’s treachery is due the ineptitude, dereliction of duty or outright corruption of state auditors who knew McLaughlin was overpaying himself with funds he was not reporting. We are told the…
CHS Boys Take Final Two Games
The Chelsea High boys basketball team turned in a pair of fine efforts to claim victories over Lynn Tech and Shawsheen Tech this past week. The twin wins, which completed the regular season for the Red Devils, raised their record…
Police Briefs 02-16-2012
Monday, February 6 James Hwang, 54, 90 Kingsley Rd., Hull, was arrested for driving with a suspended/revoke license. Julio E. Hernandez Jr., 23, 106 Marlborough St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Christopher Steriti, 25, 10 Forsyth St., Apt. #202,…
Obituaries 02-16-2012
John Cardillo Former Smithcraft Co. Retiree John G. Cardillo died in his Revere home on February 12 following a long illness. He would have celebrated his 95th birthday on March 5. Born and raised in Revere, he worked as a…
New Legislation Being Debated May Benefit Local Breweries
A new piece of legislation being debated on Beacon Hill this week should be a positive change for local craft brewery companies like the Mystic Brewery in Chelsea if passed. The Massachusetts Brewers Guild is lobbying law makers to pass…
Sen. Brown and Sen. Grassley Leading Federal Inquiry of CHA
The long reach of disgraced Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin’s perfidy has led to Iowa Senator Charles Grassley and our Senator Scott Brown demanding full explanations about policies at the CHA. “Senator Grassley is dealing with HUD,” Jill…
ROCA Key Program
The sun shone brightly on Broadway last Thursday afternoon – a mild day by typical February standards. The wind whipped some stray papers around and some leaves left over from the fall blew wildly as cars sped by and pushed…