By Seth Daniel A hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for the Phantom Ventures strip club on Beacham Street has been scheduled for next Tuesday, May 9, in City Hall. The hearing is a result of the case…
Author: Record Staff
Two-Way Traffic? Some say Broadway Should Go Back to a Two-Way Street
By Seth Daniel Two of the top leaders in the City would like to take a closer look at returning two-way traffic to the Broadway Business District, and a consultant for the City is examining just that issue as part…
City Officials Claim Victory for Now in Sanctuary City Federal Case
By Seth Daniel The ruling by a federal judge in California’s 9th Circuit that President Donald Trump’s Sanctuary City executive order is unconstitutional has by extension created a “total victory” for the City in its own federal lawsuit filed in…
State CPA Contribution Near to Nothing Just as Chelsea Joins In
By Seth Daniel Just as the City is about ready to name the new Community Preservation Act (CPA) Board members in the next month, the state’s matching fund is at record lows and almost down to nothing. The CPA was…
Chelsea MS-13 Members Plead Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking, Attempted Murder
A member of MS-13’s Eastside Loco Salvatrucha (ESLS) clique in the metro Boston area, and another from MS-13’s Enfermos Criminals Salvatrucha clique in Chelsea, both pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Boston. Efrain Yanes-Vasquez, a/k/a “Caballo,” 35, an…
Clarification
The article in the April 27 Chelsea Record titled “Chelsea Housing shot down by Council in request to relax rules on hiring union labor” has many references to the states union labor laws. The Home Rule Petition being filed by…
Police Briefs 05-04-2017
FIREARMS ARREST Late in the night on Wednesday, April 26, Officers J. Capistran, P. McCarthy, E. Ramirez, and Sgt. M. Nee responded to a call for two shots fired. Immediately after responding Officers located a white 2016 Chevy Silverado, MA…
Letters to the Editor
Making a positive difference I was reading the paper last week as I normally do, when I happened to come across an editorial by a former city councillor. The small article criticized a colleague of mine, but more importantly he…
Thank You Steve Wynn
In today’s economy, good jobs that have been around for more than 80 years are hard to find. One only has to look at the shuttered factories that are in our area that once employed thousands of workers who by…
Sports 05-04-2017
Bruins Beat by Bob Morello Bruins Cassidy No Longer ‘Interim’ A reflection back to Boston’s game-ending playoff run had one thing missing from Clarke MacArthur’s game-winning, series-clinching overtime goal, it was the sound of Frank Sinatra belting out the lyrics…