The Chelsea Retirement Board on Thursday morning tabled the pension request of former Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Executive Director Michael McLaughlin in a decision that featured one somewhat controversial non-vote by member Fred Nowicki. After a brief discussion of the…
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Delayed Crossing: State Officials Say It Will Be More Like March Before Chelsea Street Bridge Re-opens to Traffic
While the overall Chelsea Street Bridge project is on time and on budget, state transportation officials said this week that the new thoroughfare would not open to traffic until March. It was originally slated to re-open Dec. 1st. “We’re still…
Housing Authority Being Forced into Receivership
Attorney General Martha Coakley has begun the legal process, which will lead to the Chelsea Housing Authority being placed into state receivership in the next few days, according to sources familiar with the investigation of the CHA who wished to…
CHA Fallout
National organization will not strip awards Two national awards hung prominently on the office walls of former, now disgraced, Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Executive Director Michael McLaughlin. Allegedly, McLaughlin pointed to those awards frequently as an example of the progress…
Audit Unveiled This Year Claimed All Was Well
A Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) audit released earlier this year by State Auditor Suzanne Bump should have – under its own listed parameters – uncovered the excessive salary payments given to former CHA Executive Director Michael McLaughlin. Apparently though, it…
Modest Tax Increases Expected; Tax Rate Set as Council OK’s Residential Tax Credit
The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt two key motions that will keep residential tax bills among the lowest in the state. “I think we all take great pride in knowing we’re doing everything we can to give…
Breaking: Housing Authority Being Forced into Receivership
Attorney General Martha Coakley has apparently begun the legal process which will lead to the Chelsea Housing Authority being placed into state receivership in the next few days, according to sources familiar with the investigation of the CHA who wished…
Brown, Robinson and Hatleberg At-large Winners; Murphy, Frank, Recupero, Perlatonda, Cortell Win
On a stunningly gorgeous day, under a bright sun and with real warmth all around, 20% of this city’s registered voters came out to vote. When all was said and done with balloting and all the votes were counted and…
Chelsea Remains a Part of Capuano’s District
U.S. Congressman Michael Capuano will keep Chelsea in his district, which will now be the 7th Congressional District under the new redistricting plan released this week by the Massachusetts House’s Special Joint Committee on Redistricting. Capuano will pick up the…
Metro Credit Union Expands to Melrose
Chelsea-based Metro Credit Union has expanded into Melrose this week, taking over the Secure Credit Union and adding $20 million in assets to their ever-increasing operations. Metro CEO Robert Cashman told the Record that the acquisition is a continuation of…