‘Chelsea Never Went Bankrupt’: Four City Managers, One Key to the City, and 35 Years Since Receivership
The first city manager got a key to the city. The second confessed to a Dunkin' Donuts. All four said Chelsea should…
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A Towing Company Gave Chelsea Police a Car. One Councillor Asked Whose Car It Was
The City Manager said he could not say where the car came from. The rest of the night's donations, from soccer balls…
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Chelsea’s Solar Deals Went to Committee Without a Vote. The City Manager Says Electricity Choice Has Already Saved $3.8 Million
No paperwork, no sign-up, and more than $400,000 a year for low-income households, the City Manager says. The council wants to hear…
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Chelsea Council Sends the Economic Development Chief to Committee on a 5-3 Vote. ‘At the Very Least $100,000’
Three councillors wanted the job created on the spot. Five wanted a hearing first. The debate took 27 minutes and turned on…
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What the Chelsea City Council Actually Did on September 14: Both Solar Deals and the Development Chief Went to Committee
Forty items, no public speakers, and the three biggest all went to committee. The votes, the tallies and who was in the…
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Chelsea Voted on Solar Deals and Land Takings Two Days Ago. There Is No Public Record of How
The votes live in the minutes, and the minutes surface weeks or months later as pages buried in a several-hundred-page PDF. An…
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Chelsea Wants a New Fire Station and Owns No Land to Put One On. The Estimate Is $6.08 Million
Six bunk rooms, a day room and a $6,079,260 estimate on land the city does not own, offered by a nonprofit with…
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Opinion: Chelsea Is Becoming a Landlord and a Land Bank, and It Has Exempted Itself From Every Rule It Writes for Everyone Else
The council raised the cost of owning rental housing by 8 percent, then filed orders about landlords raising rents. Both cannot be…
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Chelsea Cut Public Speaking Time From Four Minutes to Three in the Year Residents Most Wanted to Speak
Almost nobody speaks at a Chelsea council meeting until something enormous is at stake. The new limit only binds on those nights.
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Chelsea Bought a Six-Unit Building for $2 Million and Became a Landlord. The Rents Are Meant to Buy the Next One
Six three-bedroom apartments, a lottery with priority for families, veterans and residents with disabilities, and a fund built so a good year…
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