Ida Nigro Bertuol of Revere, Who Came From Isernia at 19 and Kept an Open Table for 71 Years
Born in Isernia, married at 18, in America at 19, twice widowed, and never without a plate for whoever came to the…
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Which Chelsea City Employees Drive Cars With Emergency Lights and Sirens? State Law Says Police and Fire. We Asked the City Who Else
Blue lights are for police, red for fire, sirens need a Registry permit. Whether anyone else in Chelsea city government drives with…
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Opinion: Manuel Teshe Keeps Leaving Early. District 7 Deserves a Councillor Who Stays for the Vote
Twenty-two missed votes, six missed meetings, two nights of arriving late and leaving early, and no explanation. An editorial.
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Eleven Roll Calls on September 14. Two Councillors Missed All of Them, One Missed Ten, and Manuel Teshe Missed Two
The minutes record who was in the chair for each of the night's eleven roll calls. Reasons were given for two absences…
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Chelsea Priced Its City Hall Parking Lot in 2023 and Never Paved It. Now It Needs $270,600 More, From Road Money That Is Still Sitting There
A microgrid delay, higher asphalt prices, a new walkway, and two roadway accounts with $1.08 million unspent in mid-September. No total cost…
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Chelsea Tells the State Its Pier Plan for Mary O’Malley Park Was Decided Before Anyone Asked. The Council Wants It Raised, and a Boat Ramp Back
Residents told the council the DCR meeting presented a finished plan. The resolution asks for elevation, fishing access, the dock back and…
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Who Gets Told Before a Building Goes Up Next Door? Chelsea’s Council President Wants More Notice. The City Manager Says the State Wants Less
Notices go to property owners within 300 feet, not to the tenants who live there. The committee floated certified mail, site signs…
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Chelsea Plans to Hand Over a City Parking Lot on Chestnut Street for $0. The Draft RFP Says What It Wants Back
Two parcels, 17,123 square feet, nominal price of zero, and a preference for condos Chelsea families can buy. The appraisal and the…
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Chelsea’s Charter Review Gets Its First Real Proposal: A Five-Year Term for the City Manager, Council Confirmation of Every Appointment, and a Removal Hearing
One member proposed fixing a typo. The chair proposed rewriting the article. What the September 22 packet says about the office that…
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On Monday’s Chelsea Council Agenda: $40,438 in Leftover World Cup Money, a Rat Meeting, and the Forbes Site’s New Owners
No unfinished business and none of last week's big items. What is on the agenda instead, and what it says about how…
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