The City Council unanimously adopted the $138.1 million budget proposed by City Manager Jay Ash for FY’15, but not without some cuts first. While the funding is now set for municipal services starting on July 1st, both the police and…
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Council Cuts Back Police and Fire Overtime
In what some are interpreting as a message to the City’s public safety departments, the City Council registered a 7-4 vote at Monday’s Council meeting to cut back police and fire overtime significantly in this coming year’s budget. The measure…
Graduation Set for Sunday
The Chelsea High School (CHS) graduation exercises will take place on Sunday afternoon, June 8, at 1 p.m., in the Memorial Stadium. This year’s valedictorian is Milica Ivanis, who will attend Yale University. Salutatorian is Victor Le, who will attend Swarthmore…
Chelsea Observes Memorial Day 2014
The Chelsea Girl Scout Parade and Memorial Day Exercises were a fitting and well-attended tribute for the third year in a row as the local Girl Scouts have found a way to invigorate the time before the official exercises and increase…
Mary Burke, a Unique Chelsea Veteran
At the top of the steps in Chelsea City Hall, one will find a series of portraits covering the wall just adjacent to the Council Chambers. They are the faces of soldiers from Chelsea during World War I that gave…
The Man Behind the Marquee: Bill Hanney Is Ready for NSMT’s 59th Season
Bill Hanney would never call himself a hero but to musical theater fans in this region, he’s the man. It was Bill Hanney who saved the venerable North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly from extinction. If not for the dynamic…
Chelsea Firefighters Rescue DPW Worker Trapped in Bobcat
Firefighters rescued a DPW worker that became trapped in a piece of City construction equipment on Orange Street last Thursday, May 22, when the equipment compressed inward – crushing the man at the waist and causing him extreme pain. Around…
Chelsea Cub Scout Pack 109 News
Chelsea Cub Scout Pack 109 visited the Chelsea Fire Department’s Sagamore Fire House on Thursday May 6. Our thanks to Lt. Peters and his crew for such a warm welcome to the boys and for showing them what our brave firemen do on a…
Retirement Board Decision on McLaughlin Gets Hearing
Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) officials fully expect a reversal of the Chelsea Retirement Board’s decision from last month not to confiscate former CHA Director Michael McLaughlin’s personal pension contributions. “We’re very pleased that the state Board is going to look…
Key McLaughlin Figure Gets Retirement Refund
James McNichols could be considered by many to be former CHA Director Michael McLaughlin’s chief henchman in most of his schemes during the 10-year tenure, but McNichols turned on McLaughlin after the house of cards came tumbling down – eventually…