The City’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is preparing to begin reviewing a gigantic development of 455 units in five buildings on Everett Avenue that would include the demolition of the historic Chelsea Clock Building. The plans were filed with…
Author: Seth Daniel
Townplace Suites a Sellout Show on Eastern Avenue
If the brand new TownPlace Suites on and the two-year old Residence Inn were somehow people, one would quickly make the assumption they were closely related. The newest hotel in Chelsea – and the first one on the eastern side…
Cut! No Way: Chelsea Businesses Make Case For Keeping Movie Tax Credit
As the big director on Beacon Hill has called ‘Cut’ in regards to the controversial movie industry tax credit program, local businesses are responding with ‘Action.’ As Chelsea has eased into becoming one of the hottest Hollywood filming locations east…
East Cambridge, Chelsea Bank Merger Brings Together Power of Two
About one year ago, when Chelsea Bank President Joe Vinard was at a banking conference in Florida, he bumped into East Cambridge Savings Bank (ECSB) President and CEO Gilda Nogueira, and that chance meeting 12 months later would turn into…
Chelsea Police Department to Co-host Training On Innovative Hub + Cor Public Safety Model
All this week, the Springfield Police Department, Chelsea Police Department and Roca, Inc. have hosted criminal justice policy expert Dale McFee, Deputy Minister of Justice in Saskatchewan Province, Canada, and several of his colleagues, to provide members of each police…
Four Tabbed for Screening Committee:29 had Applied for Consideration
Four City Councillors plowed their way through a list of 29 exceptional candidates on Monday night, and after more than two hours of deliberations, chose four people to be on the critical City Manager Screening Committee. The members of the…
City Seeks to Make Sweeeping Changes to Chelsea Creek Waterfront
Vast changes could soon be coming to the heavily-industrial Chelsea Creek waterfront on Marginal Street as the City and state begin a process later this month of potentially changing the boundaries of the Creek’s Designated Port Area (DPA). The City…
Call Him Edgar:Father Edgar Has Helped Bring Success, Service to St.Lukes
When Rev. Edgar Gutierrez-Duarte arrived in Chelsea in 2007, there was a small closet with a few rows of non-perishable food items in the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church that Father Edgar’s predecessor had left behind and had sometimes handed out…
Sure Shot: Vaccination Rates in Spotlight, Very High in Chelsea
When there’s a stoplight that turns red late at night when there is no other traffic around, most people will stop anyway just because it’s a simple rule and a safe practice. Some, however, will not, and the more people…
Nowicki to Seek City Manager Post
Former City Council President Paul Nowicki said officially this week that he will be submitting an application by the March 31 deadline to be considered for the city manager position. “Absolutely,” he said on Monday. “As a life-long resident who…