An initiative to enhance the state’s economic development prospects was signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick earlier this month, and City Manager Jay Ash said it is a law that is absolutely on the right track. The act provides…
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Crime Drops 6% in First Half of ’14
Continuing a desired trend, overall crime in the city dropped another 6 percent in the first half of 2014. Total crime is down 36 percent over the last three and a half years, and violent crime is down 44 percent…
Fourth Station, Key Demand in Long-Awaited Fire Meeting
High-ranking members of the Chelsea Fire Department (CFD) and Fire Union officials said this week after conducting a risk assessment of the new FBI building response requirements they are nowhere near ready to handle such a facility. That comes, however,…
Union Grocery Workers, Chelsea: Collaborative Establish Solidarity Fund to Assist Laid-off Market Basket Employees
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the Chelsea Collaborative announced this week the establishment of a solidarity fund to assist Market Basket workers who have lost their paychecks due to scheduling cutbacks at Market Basket stores.…
Gov. Candidate, Ash Tour Box District
City Manager Jay Ash gave the good word to Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker Wednesday morning after accompanying the Republican on a friendly tour of The Neighborhood Developers’ Box District development and its CONNECT educational facility. Ash told reporters he looked…
Baker and Vega Square off on Illegal Immigrant Housing
It was supposed to be a friendly tour of a successful housing development in Chelsea for Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Baker, but headlines in the newspapers Wednesday morning concerning his stance on public housing for illegal immigrants got him an…
Bids are Out on Silver Line Project, Bridge Closure to Last a Little Longer
State transportation officials told a crowded house at the Chelsea City Council Chambers on Monday night that the Silver Line expansion project is still moving quickly, but that the complete closure of the Washington Avenue Bridge will be longer than…
School Supplies, Other Needs Lost in the Shuffle of Market Basket Turmoil
Anyone who – over the years – has shopped or who knows workers at the Chelsea Market Basket knows that many families and young people who work there depend on their paycheck to buy the necessities of life. Until recently,…
Chelsea Schools to Go Back into Session on Tues., Aug. 26
The summer will officially come to an end for several thousand school children in Chelsea early next week when they report back to school for the fall semester. Superintendent Mary Bourque said school will start on Tuesday, Aug. 26 this…
Matrix Fire Study: Fourth Station, Key Demand in Long-Awaited Fire Meeting
After more than a year of waiting for a meeting with the City Council, Chelsea Fire union officials got their day last week in a meeting concerning the meatier portions of the Matrix Fire Study – and key within that…