Senator Scott Brown came to Chelsea Tuesday afternoon with his wife Gail Huff and were treated to a tour of the ALS Wing at the Leonard Florence Assisted Living Center on Admiral’s Hill. Senator Brown, his wife, and a small…
Author: Josh Resnek
Chelsea Fire of 1973; 39 Years Ago This Week
On October 13, 1973, I drove to the top of Powderhorn Hill in the early evening to catch a glimpse of the Boston skyline. I was 23 then. I am 62 today. I remember clearly looking out over Chelsea, watching…
HUD Auditors Complete CHA Oversight Study
Federal Housing and Urban Development auditors studying the Chelsea Housing Authority’s annual independent financial audit, which HUD received recently from the CHA as mandated, have packed up their laptops having completed their visit after a thorough review of financial records.…
Looking Back : Dr. John Silber
Dr. John Silber had a long and enduring relationship with Chelsea and with Andrew P. Quigley, my mentor, friend and the publisher of the Chelsea Record. Silber, the bigger than life educator and philosopher who was president of Boston University,…
Misused Funds : HUD Investigators Poring over CHA Spending Records
Investigators for the Department of Housing and Urban Development are on site at the headquarters of the Chelsea Housing Authority this week and are expected to remain as long as it takes to unravel the questionable financial dealings of former…
Going Back, Way Back
Chelsea, 1922. Yom Kippur Day. The city’s 15,000 Jewish residents are in a virtual holiday lock down. The city at this point in its history in the midst of a great population and economic rise. It is the Roaring Twenties…
FBI Development Saga Comes to Completion
The headline about the FBI officially coming to Chelsea was much more than just a headline. The entire story of how this development came to be is more like a long and winding narrative with ups and downs, with impossibilities…
Low Turnout : Primary Vote Less Than 10 Percent; Democratic Ballots Top All Others
Not many registered voters in Chelsea cast a ballot last Thursday. A total of 1,311 voters cast ballots here in a primary that was more like a shadow than anything else. Democratic ballots cast totaled 1,155 while Republicans cast 155…
FBI Development Plan Certain After Lawsuit Dismissed
All along, city leaders, primary among them City Manager Jay Ash, knew that the FBI move to Chelsea was a certainty. The deal had been years in the making. Unbelievably, the city went head to head with Boston as a…
Labor Secretary Salis Visits City; Helping to Get the Country on Track
US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis came to Chelsea late Tuesday afternoon. The first Hispanic Labor Secretary from East Los Angeles appointed by President Barack Obama – and a former congressman – met with about 100 members of the Chelsea…