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…
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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…
Residents Come Out to Clean City
Daynaba Mohamed, 15, picks up a piece of broken wood from the shoreline of the Chelsea Creek on Marginal Street during the Chelsea GreenRoots Citywide Cleanup on April 22, Earth Day. The annual cleanup was focused on the Chelsea Creek…
Chelsea Housing Shot Down by Council in Request to Relax Rules on Hiring Union Labor
By Seth Daniel Union workers from Chelsea and the surrounding areas flooded the Council Chambers on Monday night to oppose a Home Rule Petition that would have allowed the Chelsea Housing Authority’s (CHA) redevelopment of Central Avenue to be outside…
Police Ready to Try Police, Community Collaboration Program on May 1
By Seth Daniel Chelsea Police announced this week that they will begin an innovative pilot program on May 1 where four officers will have a full-time assignment to work with the community, business owners and City departments to solve lingering…
Chelsea Application Among Finalists for Foundation Award
By Seth Daniel Two Chelsea organizations and the City are teaming up to make sure their combined application, as well as an upcoming site visit, will prevail as the winner in the 6th annual Culture of Health prize from the…