Not enough attention can be paid to Starbucks opening its doors here in the mall. For those of us for whom this city has been our life, the opening of the Starbucks marked a unique moment in Chelsea’s evolution. I’ve…
Author: Josh Resnek
Suffolk Downs President Chip Tuttle Meets with Chamber of Commerce
About 30 members of the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce listened intently early Monday morning inside a meeting room at the Wyndham Hotel as Suffolk Downs President Chip Tuttle described the development to take place at Suffolk Downs if and when…
Boutique Hotel May Be in Works on Waterfront
A noted Boston hotel developer told the Record this week that he has, indeed, entered the design phase for a potential boutique hotel and restaurant on the corner of Winnisimmet and Williams Street. Paul Roiff – a principle at Heath…
Martel Charged with Fraud; SEC Freezes Martel’s Assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Chelsea resident Gary Martel with defrauding at least 12 investors of $1.6 million from 2006 to the present. Martel operated under multiple names including Martel Financial Group and MFG Funding. Investors, according to…
Looking at the News
There has been a great deal of negative talk making the rounds among residents about the police union ploy of placing bright orange fake parking tickets on the windshields of nearly every parked car in the city a few days…
Chelsea Man Accused of Defrauding Investors
A well known and highly respected Chelsea man, the owner of one of the city’s most outstanding pieces of Victorian architecture on Washington Avenue and a longtime member of the city’s Planning Board, has been accused of defrauding at least…
Residency for City Employees: The Time Has Come or Not?
In the pre-receivership era, there was a local politician who quite often got up at public meetings when job seekers from out of town were trying to gain a position with the city. “Chelsea jobs should be for Chelsea people,”…
Looking at the City…
Watching the old rusting steel oil tanks lining Marginal Street by the salt pile coming down is absolutely extraordinary. Twenty-five years ago if anyone around here had been asked if those tanks could come down, you would have been laughed…
City Budget to Be Passed
The city of Chelsea 2013 budget will amount to $120.7 million dollars, according to City Manager Jay Ash. The budget is now before the city council in its final form having already been discussed in detail by the council. Passage…
O’Flaherty Returns from Ireland Conference Held in Belfast
Rep. Gene O’Flaherty has returned from a business and political exchange program held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It also included residents of Derry and Donegal. The highlight of the speaking program at the conference took place last Thursday and Friday,…