The Chelsea Jewish Foundation (CJF) announced that its educational division – the Chelsea Jewish Academy (CJA) – has partnered with North Shore Community College (NSCC) to provide healthcare training to 50 new and incumbent workers. The collaboration was created to…
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Officials Hopeful for Voke Park Improvements
The City has submitted an application for State funding for a portion of the cost of a major rehabilitation of Voke Park. If Chelsea’s local and state officials are successful, Voke could see a $750,000 fix-up beginning next spring. “We’ll…
Arnold Goodman: Outstanding Teacher, Mentor, Sportsman Dies at the Age of 80
There were so many people that Arnold Goodman affected in such a positive, uplifting way that even he probably didn’t realize the tremendous impact his teachings and his niceness would have on others for the remainder of their lives. Richard…
Mobile App Academy
Samsung Mobile hosted several Chelsea High School students last Wednesday and Thursday – including CHS’s Fernando Mazzoni, shown here comparing programming notes – at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a two-day mobile application academy. The academies were hosted…
Rats, Roaches, Bedbugs: Tenants Hailed for Standing Up in Federal Court to Detail Awful Living Conditions Under McLaughlin
For the past 16 years, Jean Fulco has lived in Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) properties – virtually every one of them, she said – and put up with roaches, no heat, no hot water and units falling apart on top…
Restitution: Retirement Board Will Examine the Idea of McLaughlin to Pay Back CHA
There were mixed feelings two weeks ago, on July 17th, after former Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Director Michael McLaughlin received his sentence in Boston’s Federal Court. On the one hand, he got far more time in jail than many expected.…
Drug Sweep Arrests 48, Cleans Up Bellingham Square
As Chelsea’s downtown and adjacent neighborhoods have become more vibrant and desirable, one persistent problem has been the congregation of n’er-do-wells outside to City Hall in Bellingham Square. While many try to do business, get to college classes, wait for…
FBI Project to Go to ZBA Later This Month
At long last, the FBI is coming. In another time and era, such statements in Chelsea were wholly negative, but these days those are the words just about everyone in the City has been waiting to hear for several years.…
Some Water Bills to Go Down, All Trash Bills to Go Up
As the City enters this new fiscal year, changes in billing for City-provided services are being implemented. Half of the City’s water and sewer customers will see reductions in their bills, with the remaining half continuing to enjoy the third…
February in Florida Seemed to Be Tradition for McLaughlin: Hud Looks into Expenses Racked Up by McLaughlin, CHA Employees
Apparently, like duck hunting season or deer hunting season, the public housing conference season appears to always happen during Chelsea’s coldest months – and the location for those getaways is almost exclusively Florida. That according to expense payments from the…