This year’s municipal election promises a mix of contested races, as well as several incumbents running unopposed on the City Council and School Committee. The deadline to submit nomination papers and signatures to the City Clerk for the Nov. 7…
Author: Adam Swift
City, La Colaborativa, and TND Partner on the MassHealth Community Enrollment Campaign
The City of Chelsea, through the Department of Housing and Community Development and Senior Center, La Colaborativa, and the Neighborhood Developers (TND) are forging an innovative partnership to improve access to critical health insurance for residents of Chelsea, with a…
City Hosting Meeting on Forsyth Pocket Park
Work is scheduled to begin late this summer on a reconstructed Forsyth Open Space pocket park at the intersection of Lafayette/Franklin Avenue and Sturgis Street. The city is hosting an on-site community meeting offering neighboring community members a chance to…
Planning Board Supports Hawthorne Street Rooming House Upgrade
The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of a major rehabilitation project for an 18-unit Single Room Occupancy building at 165 Hawthorne St. at its regular meeting next week. Rick Costa, the prospective owner of the building, will be back before…
Planning Board Gives Okay For Gazebo at New La Colaborativa Site
By Adam Swift La Colaborativa will be able to move forward with building a gazebo at its new Survival Center at the corner of Sixth and Arlington Streets. Last week, the Planning Board determined that the proposed change in the…
Veterans’ Home Project Nears Public Hearing Stage
The large-scale redevelopment of the Veterans’ Home in Chelsea (formerly the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home) will be going before the Zoning Board of Appeals for the beginning of the special permit approval process in September. The four-phase project will also need…
Chelsea Walk Pub Gets Extension for Disciplinary Hearing
The Chelsea Walk Pub will be before the Licensing Commission for a disciplinary hearing at its next scheduled meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14. The pub was supposed to appear before the commission at its meeting earlier this month, but requested…
City Looks To Redesign Bellingham Square Plaza
A redesigned Bellingham Square Plaza outside of City Hall could better serve as a meeting place and event space for the city’s residents. The city is hosting a community meeting on the proposed redesign of Bellingham Square Plaza on Tuesday,…
Friday Storm Keeps Emergency Personnel Busy
Chelsea first responders had their hands full with the strong thunderstorms that swept through the region on Friday night, July 21. “Between 9:30 p.m. and midnight … Chelsea 911 was inundated with calls for street and basement flooding, as well…
City Receives $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant
Earlier this month, Chelsea received a half-million dollar award for an EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant as part of the Biden Administration’s Investing in America Agenda. The community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct environmental site assessments, conduct community engagement…