The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Chelsea resident Gary Martel with defrauding at least 12 investors of $1.6 million from 2006 to the present. Martel operated under multiple names including Martel Financial Group and MFG Funding. Investors, according to…
Hennigan, Staff Called Before State Ethics Commission
Several workers at the Suffolk Superior Criminal Court report being called before the State Ethics Commission last week for an alleged investigation into the conduct of the Court’s Clerk, Maura Hennigan. Two sources, which chose to remain anonymous due to…
Simboli Properties Breaks Ground on New Baldor Boston Warehouse
The Simboli Properties today officially broke ground on the new Baldor Boston warehouse at 215 Williams Street in Chelsea, Mass. The Simboli Properties, which announced the new Baldor lease in April, recently negotiated $2.7 million in new financing through Citizens…
Keep Al Ewing
Chelsea Housing Authority Executive Director Al Ewing should be kept on as the Chelsea Housing Authority’s Executive Director. In the post Mike McGlaughlin era, Ewing, untainted by everything that came before, has done an admirable job as was evidenced by…
The Police and a Raise
Those close to negotiations real or imagined that are now ongoing all agree – some headway is being made between all the important parties to finally negotiate a contract with the city. Differences of opinion on tactics not withstanding, divisions…
Obituaries 06-21-2012
Richard Leo LeMoure Retired Union Fish Packer and Handler Richard Leo LeMoure died unexpectedly in his Chelsea home on Father’s Day in the company of his family. He was 90 years old. A Union Fish Packer and Handler, he was…
Looking at the News
There has been a great deal of negative talk making the rounds among residents about the police union ploy of placing bright orange fake parking tickets on the windshields of nearly every parked car in the city a few days…
Boston Hotel Developer Purchases Key Property
A well-known Boston boutique hotel and restaurant developer has purchased a key parcel of land on the Chelsea waterfront, but inquiries into his plans have turned up few details. Paul Roiff of Health Properties in Boston recently purchased the property…
CHA Says It Cooperated Fully with Retirement Board
Officials at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) said last week that they did respond quickly to a letter from the Retirement Board requesting information on the salary of former Director Michael McLaughlin. “We have responded to them and any rumor…
Chelsea Man Accused of Defrauding Investors
A well known and highly respected Chelsea man, the owner of one of the city’s most outstanding pieces of Victorian architecture on Washington Avenue and a longtime member of the city’s Planning Board, has been accused of defrauding at least…
Council Approves $120.8 Million Budget
On time and without much fanfare, the Chelsea City Council completed its review of and unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2013 (FY `13) budget submitted by City Manager Jay Ash. The $120.8m spending plan is balanced and without any budget-related…
Police Contract Negotiations Heading in Wrong Direction
There is an old expression that you get more with honey than with vinegar when you are trying to persuade someone to your point of view. When you are the Chelsea Police, your badge should always be used before you…