By Seth Daniel A move by some city officials to look into the purchase of Malone Park next to the Soldiers’ Home from the state for badly-needed youth sports programming space has mounted no small controversy in the last week…
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Supt. Bourque Unveils New School Five-Year Plan
By Seth Daniel When Supt. Mary Bourque and administrator Gerry McHugh were working in a teaching exercise last year to help them to be able to sell their schools to a skeptical parent, they began listing off all the attributes…
Enforcement Actions:City Settles with Securities and Exchange Commission for Bond Violations
By Seth Daniel The federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week announced enforcement actions against 71 municipal issuers and other obligated persons across the country for violations in municipal bond offerings, with the only Massachusetts violator being the City…
School Committee Plan to Discuss Stand on Charter School Question
By Seth Daniel The Chelsea School Committee will leave it’s summer break and get back into action with a bang on Thursday night, Sept. 1, when it is expected to take a vote on whether or not to oppose the…
Let It Fly
Philadelphia 76er and Everett native Nerlens Noel with Let It Fly Basketball Tournament Co-Founders Kyle Umemba and Cesar Castro during the Aug. 13 tournament in the Chelsea Boys & Girls Club. The second annual effort drew numerous teams and hundreds of spectators…
X Bonnie Woods to Show ‘Gravity in Black & White’
The Gallery at Spencer Lofts announces X BONNIE WOODS: GRAVITY IN BLACK AND WHITE, a solo exhibition of recent works by painter X Bonnie Woods. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, Sept 22, at 6 p.m. Berlin- and…
Somerville Drops All Casino Appeals:Way Cleared for Casino Opening
By Seth Daniel The Wynn Boston Harbor casino has a clear path to opening for the first time since announcing three years ago that it intended to compete for the Greater Boston license at its Everett site. The City of…
Gov Baker Signs Higher Residential Exemption for Chelsea Homeowners
By Seth Daniel Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a home rule petition forwarded by City Manager Tom Ambrosino and the City Council that allows owner-occupied homeowners a 35 percent reduction on their property taxes. The measure has been discussed…
MassDot Moves Forward On All Electronic Tolling for Tobin, Tunnels, Turnpike
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board acted Monday to move ahead with plans to completely demolish Interstate 90 toll plazas by the end of 2017 as a milestone in the state’s progress toward All Electronic Tolling (AET) along Interstate…
Re-Zoning Effort to Begin for Admiral’s Hill as Moratorium Put in Place
By Seth Daniel Admiral’s Hill has long been a protected area, but when a now-defunct major development was proposed last year for an open area on the Hill, City officials said they quickly realized the Hill’s protections had expired. In…