The Chelsea Public Schools has hit a major shortfall in its budgeting for next year, and reported at recent meeting that it is in deficit $3.1 million, and has been underfunded by as much as $17.2 million by the state…
Author: Seth Daniel
Greeters Ready to Welcome and Assist at City Hall
The newest initiative of City Manager Tom Ambrosino has everything to do with being hospitable and nice. Kind of an oxymoron in New England, but that’s just what is happening at Chelsea City Hall where two new greeters have been…
Students Stage Walk-Out at Chelsea High to Highlight School Safety
More than 500 Chelsea High students walked out of class on Thursday, March 15, as part of the national school walk-out movement to promote more efforts towards school safety. Armed with only a megaphone, students marched into shin-deep snow and…
Tobin Bridge Project Starting Next Month, Meeting March 27
The Tobin Bridge rehabilitation project will begin next month, and state transportation officials will come to Chelsea to explain the impacts on March 27. The Tobin Bridge project is separate and distinct from the Chelsea Viaducts project, which has a…
Irish Club Sold to Tibetan Social Club, Council Looking for Answers
A Tibetan social organization has purchased the former Irish Club on Clinton Street, and several City officials would like to know more about what the new club would like to do with the property. The matter was first breeched by…
MBTA Announces Silver Line Service to Start April 21 in Chelsea
The state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the MBTA have pegged April 21 as the first day of operations for the new Silver Line Gateway (SL-3) in Chelsea and East Boston – connecting residents of Chelsea to the airport, the…
MBTA to Implement New Software System to Avert Chelsea Street Bridge
the potential to be spoiled – like many Chelsea commutes – by the often untimely lifting of the Chelsea Street Bridge. The Bridge is a key pinch point on the new SL-3 route as it heads to and from Chelsea…
Councillor Punts on Residency Ordinance, Sent to Committee
Just when it appeared that Councillor Giovanni Recupero might finally get a version of his long-sought-after residency ordinance passed on Monday, the votes quickly disappeared – causing him to have to pull the measure before the vote and send it…
Owners of Forbes Site Likely to Bring New Project This Summer
The owners of the old Forbes Lithograph campus on Mill Hill will likely propose a new project to the City in the coming months, like this summer, said City Manager Tom Ambrosino. The Chinese company once proposed a gigantic campus…
Flooding Issues Must Be Solved with Regional Efforts
Two of the highest tides ever recorded on Boston Harbor have happened in the last three months, with one of those being last Friday, March 2, around 11:15 a.m. And on Friday, and on Jan. 4 before that, the tides…