Congressman Michael Capuano poses for the photographer at the official opening last week of Spencer Row which was developed by Chelsea Neighborhood Developers and financed by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership. The market rate apartment housing is expected to rent quickly.…
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Ash Considering State Development Position
City Manager Jay Ash has applied to become the executive director of Mass Development, a state agency that offers low cost loan and bond programs and a full range of real estate services that aids communities to redevelop commercial, waterfront,…
City Rejects 9-1-1- Merger with Revere
It looks like 9-1-1 will still be a local call in Chelsea. City Manager Jay Ash indicated this week that Chelsea has rejected a plan to merge 9-1-1 dispatch services with Revere and Winthrop – a three-city collaborative funded…
Metro Credit Union Gaining Foothold in Boston Banking
Citing the new federal financial services regulations, one of Boston’s biggest credit unions has announced that it will merge into Chelsea’s growing Metro Credit Union – giving Metro an immediate growth in assets and a significant foothold in the Boston…
New Brewery on Its Way to Chelsea
Mystic Brewery, LLC has signed a lease and begun preparations to bring a Belgian-style brewery to Chelsea. Mystic Brewery will focus on making pre-industrial style beers, like those from Belgium, but with a distinct New England agricultural influence. The…
Fire on Library Street
Another fire on Library Street, the second in two weeks, was beaten down by Chelsea firefighters earlier this week. No one was injured in the fire which gutted a three story building.
Capital Improvement Plan Filed by City Manager – $6 Million Available for Projects
Chelsea Record Staff Twenty-two projects totaling nearly six million dollars in expenditures have been approved for completion as part of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan, City Manager Jay Ash announced Wednesday. The investment plan Ash has filed for FY’12 directs…
Excel given the Go-ahead to Open Two more Charter Schools
The Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education has endorsed East Boston’s Excel Academy Charter School’s application for two new charter schools in Chelsea and Boston. Commissioner Mitchell Chester endorsed Excel’s plan late last week and it will need final…
Relay for Life Organizers Hold a Planning Session
In the ballroom of the Orient Heights Yacht Club a group of residents from Chelsea, East Boston and surrounding communities came together last week to begin planning for the neighborhood’s third annual Relay for Life–one of the American Cancer Society’s…
Oil Prices Going Up as Fuel Subsidies get Cut
The Republicans want to cut government spending. Translated simply – this means they want to stop giving poor people a break when they need it in order to get by among other initiatives they want to take to save money.…