Tanairi Garcia in 2026: The Only Councillor Who Voted for Both More Density and Deeper Affordability
Immigrants, tenants, the elderly, and a yes on three-family homes that only Recupero shared.
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Kelly Garcia in 2026: Three Orders on the Safety Net, One Present Vote, and a 90-Day Clock Running Out
Homelessness, school buses, elderly and disabled tenants. Her orders are the safety net; her votes are with the majority.
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Leo Robinson in 2026: Ten Questions for the Administration and a Consistent No on Deeper Affordability
Forbes, the Soldiers' Home, the quiet zone, Market Basket. And on every split vote, the more cautious side.
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Giovanni Recupero in 2026: 21 Orders, Seniors, Statues, Oversight, and a Zoning Change Rejected Twice
Seniors, statues, stop signs and a running audit of City Hall. And the only yes votes on his own zoning were his…
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Norieliz DeJesus in 2026: 40 Orders, 37 of Them Money, and No Votes on Housing Nobody Else Cast
The finance chair who votes the money through and saves her dissents for housing policy.
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Roberto Jimenez-Rivera in 2026: 31 Orders, Zero Dissents, and an Agenda of His Own Under the President’s
Separating the President from the councillor: ADUs, the West Chelsea overlay, the ICE Out petition, the rules rewrite, and a perfect attendance…
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How Chelsea’s Eleven Councillors Have Actually Voted in 2026. The Record, Councillor by Councillor
All but three roll calls this year were unanimous. Here is who filed what, who was missing, where the three splits fell,…
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Also on Tonight’s Agenda: Market Basket, the Quiet Zone, Scooters, and a Council Rule Change
Nine one-sentence orders from Robinson and Recupero: Market Basket's plans, a quiet zone funded in 2022, scooters, a hole on Central Avenue,…
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Rochelle “Shelly” Dickerson, 59, of Everett; celebration of life September 26 in Medford
A Somerville native who made her home in Everett, Shelly Dickerson was remembered by her family as a devoted aunt and sister.…
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Frank S. Cali, 102, spent a lifetime in the shoe trade; funeral Wednesday in Revere
He tried to enlist in World War II, was sent home, and spent the next half century making men's shoes. Frank S.…
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