A whistleblower and an anonymous source – both Suffolk Superior Court employees – told the Record this week that working conditions at the court have become so stressful and difficult due to management by Criminal Court Clerk Maura Hennigan, that…
Author: Seth Daniel
Housing Authority Puts Back the Pieces
Five new Board members took their seats last Thursday in the conference room at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA), the first step and first meeting in a process of putting back the pieces for an Authority whose administration was suddenly…
Grande Opening Leaves a Latte to Be Desired; Starbuck’s Will Locate in Chelsea
Chelsea residents might have to brush up on their hipster coffeehouse lingo, but they won’t have to drive far to do it as Starbuck’s Coffee has announced that it will be opening up a store in the Mystic Mall. There…
Chelsea Man Caught After 23-years on the Lam
It was a routine traffic stop for the Wellesley Police Department, and had they not run through a series of protocols, they might not have caught a Chelsea man who has eluded the feds for 23 years. Wellesley Police and…
Gift of Speech: Students, Staff Rally to Raise Money for Ipad to Assist Special Needs Student
Many might consider the wave of iPads and tablets to be just another gadget that’s good for helping to waste time or surfing the Internet. But for Carlos ‘Carlito’ Sanchez, an iPad means a new kind of freedom. Born with…
New Study Shines Fresh Light on Battle of Chelsea Creek
Finding the Battle of Chelsea Creek is an elusive task, and one that many have tried to conquer over the years without great success. However, one new report funded by the National Parks Service may shed some new perspective on…
Zoning Board Gives Thumbs Up to Nitrogen Tank
The Chelsea Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met on Tuesday, March 13th, and after reviewing a proposed project change by Muffin Town on Crescent Avenue, gave the go-ahead for the company to install an outdoor liquid Nitrogen tank. Muffin Town,…
Receivership Ends for CHA
This past Friday did not only represent the end of a hard work week, but also it represented the end of the hard work associated with the last four months of receivership at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA). Determining that…
Audit Report Detailed Virtually No Controls
One of the first moves of former Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Receiver Judith Weber was to hire a professional number cruncher to weed through the sticky, convoluted financial records that had been created and left by the deposed former administration.…
Chelsea Fire Department Review Firm Ready to Start
The long-awaited top-to-bottom review of the Chelsea Fire Department is nearly ready to being, according to City Manager Jay Ash. This week, the City inked a contract with an independent reviewer to conduct the work and to set a timeline…