By Seth Daniel Activity blossomed out of the FBI Building on Everett Avenue Monday morning as the Boston Headquarters officially opened for its first day of work in Chelsea. Cars pulled into the lot, shuttles operated from South Station and…
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Chelsea Swears in 15 New Police Officers
By Seth Daniel Fifteen new Chelsea Police officers – one of the most diverse classes of officers to ever come onto the force – raised their right hands Monday night to take the sacred oath of upholding law and order…
Chelsea Council Sets Tax Rate, Institutes 25 Percent Exemption
By Seth Daniel The Chelsea City Council voted to institute a 25 percent owner occupant property tax exemption and to apply the maximum commercial shift to help residents absorb a tax increase that has come due to sharp increases in…
The Results:Chelsea Goes All Out for Hillary, Approves CPA
By Seth Daniel Chelsea voters bucked the nationwide trend and voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and more important locally, easily approved the Community Preservation Act (CPA) proposal that would provide money to help fund community projects and affordable…
The 2016 Election – What’s on the Ballot?
Q.1 Expanded Slot Machine Gambling This proposed law would allow the state Gaming Commission to issue one additional category 2 license which would permit operation of a gaming establishment with no table games and not more than 1,250 slot machines.…
Princesses and Ponies
PRINCESSES AND PONIES: Lexanni Woodard, Mya Ortiz, Naleyah Sylvester, and Jahnerys Figueroa pose for a photograph in their Halloween princess and pony costumes during the Chelsea Community School Halloween Party on Sunday, Oct. 30.
Chelsea Reads Celebration
Sarah Gay, (left) director of the Chelsea Public Library, and Martha Bocksenbaum (right) children’s librarian, invite all Chelsea families to attend the 11th annual “Chelsea Reads” Celebration on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the library,…
Senior Night
Senior Alexandra Martinez, captain, slaps hands with her teammates as she is called out on Volleyball Senior Night Monday, Oct. 24
Community Garden
Curtis Johnson, Mike Dicologero, and Randall Varela at the Chelsea Community Garden Shad Shelter Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Hawthorne Street garden. The Community Gardens and Just-A-Start YouthBuild combined efforts to get the Shade Shelter in place.
Protect the Population:More than 600 Three-Family Homeowners to Get Hit with Major Tax Increase
By Seth Daniel Many have assumed for years that the numerous three-family homes in Chelsea were owned by absentee landlords, but as it turns out some two-thirds of those homes are owner-occupied, and one councillor said he is ready to…