Chelsea Put $200,000 Into a Bronze Statue and Zeroed Out a Homeowner’s $44,374 Preservation Grant
Ways and Means worried about the cost of the statue and sent it out anyway. The homeowner got an apology and a…
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Chelsea Zoned for 15-Story Buildings on the Revere Line to Replace 198 Public Housing Units
Twenty-three acres, a 20 percent affordability requirement, and the tallest buildings permitted where Chelsea meets Revere. The relocation plan for current residents…
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A Chelsea Community Center Would Cost Between $45 Million and $63 Million. The City Has No Plan to Pay for It
Generations of talk, and now a number. Four sites, a $17.65 million spread, and a five-year forecast that shows deficits starting in…
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Chelsea Owed Eversource $48,407 in Bills Some of Which Had Been Unpaid for Over a Decade
Street lights, park lights and city buildings. The lights stayed on while the balance grew, and the record does not say who…
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Chelsea’s Trash Fee Is Up 8 Percent and the Water Bill Is Up $26. If You Own the Home You Live In, the Trash Increase Is Zero
The full rate table, what is driving it, and the one line that decides whether any of it reaches you.
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Chelsea Went Through an Anti-ICE Petition Demand by Demand in Public. Here Is What the City Agreed to and What It Refused
Seven demands, seven answers, and an executive order that directs Chelsea officers to intervene against a federal agent using excessive force.
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Springfield Learned This Week That Its School Data Was Taken. Everett Has Said Nothing for Ten Days
Three Massachusetts municipal networks have gone down since August. Service comes back in days. Whether data left takes weeks, and usually someone…
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Boston’s Contract Said the Plate Data Was Not Shared. Three Days In, Federal Agencies Were Reading It
Boston had a contract barring data sharing and the data was shared anyway. Chelsea has the same kind of rule, and its…
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The Forbes Property Sold to Mass Audubon for $8.36 Million, and Chelsea Gets Back Over $1 Million in Unpaid Taxes
One of the city's longest vacancies has a buyer. The conservation group's plan for the site is attached to the council packet,…
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Chelsea Lost the $50 Million to Build Its Flood Barrier. It Is Still Buying the Land, Including a Bank
A $287,643 taking at the marina, a bank branch bought and leased back for the value of its property tax, and no…
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