While Chelsea will receive the maximum federal block grant this year, it is still drastically lower than just a few years ago, and remains a program decimated by White House cuts over the last five years. Gov. Deval Patrick has…
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Green Revolution and Ham: Storybook Development Stands Dormant, Faces Federal Lawsuit over Motionless Windmill
It was supposed to be the development that ushered in the new Green Revolution in residential construction, but the Forbes Park development has totally fizzled and this week it sits empty – having had no takers at a recent bank…
ZBA Approves Permits for Two New Hotels: Ash Says Chelsea Has ‘arrived’
For decades, residents and city officials lamented over the inability to secure the type of economic development that Chelsea’s locational advantage (vis-à-vis Downtown Boston, Logan Airport and Cambridge) should have been delivering. Just minutes from each, with tremendous connections via…
Clean Sweep: Agreement with Liquor Store Piggy-backs on Effort to Clean Up Bellingham Square
One week after Chelsea and State Police announced a major criminal sweep of Bellingham Square – with 48 arrests logged in one week – the Chelsea Licensing Board announced an agreement with a frequently troubled liquor store in the Square…
ZBA Says ‘no’ to Check Casher on Parkway
There is no shortage of ‘Check Casher’ stores and ‘multi-service’ bodegas in Chelsea, and neighbors on the Parkway were firm in voicing their disapproval over adding yet another such store to the heap that already exist in the city. The…
Chelsea Jewish Foundation Partners with North Shore Community College
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…
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…