Rehabbing historic monuments and buildings and establishing a community garden are among the first projects the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will be recommending to the City Council during their initial pilot round of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding. Monday night,…
Author: Adam Swift
Improving Issues Congresswoman Pressley Visits Chelsea To Talk about Transportation Equity
At a packed house in the GreenRoots office Tuesday night, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said she would use her legislative power to help improve issues of transportation inequity for her constituents. The Chelsea Transit Equity Roundtable was one of a series…
Chelsea Walk Pub Hit With Long Suspension
After viewing multiple surveillance videos of patrons falling off stools, being overserved, urinating in public, getting groped, and laid out on the sidewalk by the front door after closing time, the Licensing Commission last week suspended the Chelsea Walk Pub’s…
License Commission Approves License for Carnival at Chelsea Commons
The carnival is coming to Chelsea. On Wednesday, April 3, the Licensing Commission approved a four-day license for New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows to hold a four-day carnival on the Chelsea Commons this spring. During the short public hearing to approve…
City Looking to Take Water & Sewer Work In-house, Save $350k Annually
The City could soon be running its own Water and Sewer Department as part of the Department of Public Works. Currently, Chelsea outsources those water, sewer, and drainage services to R.H. White Construction Company as part of a 10-year contract…
School Committee Passes Budget Without Majority
The School Committee passed a $95.4 million School Budget last week, but it was passed with less than a majority of the total number of nine committee seats. The budget, which passed with a $1.9 million funding gap that led…
Split Decision for Broadway Affordable Housing, Faces Tough Path Again
It was a split decision for a 38-unit affordable housing project at the former Midas site on Broadway before the Planning Board on Tuesday night. For the second time in less than a year, the Planning Board approved the site…
Webster Avenue Pot Shop Gets Planning Board Okay
A retail marijuana shop on Webster Avenue near the Home Depot is one step closer to opening in Chelsea. Tuesday night, the Planning Board approved a site plan for a 10,000 square foot retail marijuana facility at 121 Webster Ave.…
A Lot of Noise but Little Action on Planes at Council
For as long as jets have rumbled over Chelsea as they land at and depart from Logan Airport, City officials have struggled with getting state and federal officials to help mitigate the noise from that air traffic. Monday night, District…
Major Broadway Improvements Could Begin in 2022
A major $9.5 million improvement project for the one-mile stretch of Broadway from City Hall Avenue to the Revere line could get underway by the spring of 2022. On Thursday, March 21, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation held a public…