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The Council Killed the Three-Family Plan for Chelsea’s Single-Family Streets, 2 to 6, After the Planning Board Said No Twice

September 22, 2026

Towers on the flats and backyard units on the hill, but no new three-deckers where there are none now. What R-1 protects…

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The Council Asked Which Nonprofits Get City Money and What They Deliver. It Got Dashboard Screenshots

September 22, 2026

La Colaborativa, GreenRoots, CAPIC and Selah top the charts, but the bars carry no dollar values. We have filed a records request…

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Councillors Asked for Department Heads’ Cell Numbers. The City Manager Said to Call Constituent Services

September 22, 2026

The charter's non-interference clause on one side, a water main break at 9 p.m. on the other. The smallest and clearest example…

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The MBTA Numbers Behind the Washington Avenue Right-Turn Ban: The Bus Stop Fails 30 Percent of the Time

September 22, 2026

One bus in three finds the berth full in the morning rush. The right-turn ban is the price of a stop that…

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Chelsea Wants a $6.08 Million Fire Station on Land a Nonprofit Offered. The Terms Have Never Been Disclosed

September 22, 2026

Donated, leased or sold? Response times from a peninsula? Six million dollars against a $5 million free cash balance? Questions for a…

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Chelsea’s Audit Came Back Clean. The City Manager Asked to Sit Down With the Auditors Anyway

September 22, 2026

A clean opinion means the numbers are right, not that the auditors had nothing to say. The management letter is where the…

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John DePriest Ran Chelsea’s Planning for 32 Years, From Receivership to the Master Plan. He Retired This Summer

September 22, 2026

Thirty-two years, one office, and an honest answer at the 40R hearing: 'we are responding to a proposal the developer has shown…

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Eastern Minerals Owes Chelsea $5,000 to $15,000 a Year Under a 2007 Deal. The City Does Not Know What Is in the Fund

September 22, 2026

Somewhere between $95,000 and $285,000 should have gone in over 19 years. The city asked the salt company for the number and…

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Four Times This Year Chelsea Has Voted to Pay Bills From Earlier Years. One Goes Back to FY21 and One Came With an Intercept Threat

September 22, 2026

A state agency threatening to intercept aid, a copier vendor that stopped invoicing, and construction bills from 2020. Housekeeping happens once a…

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Chelsea Passed a $272 Million Budget 11 to 0 After a Public Hearing Nobody Spoke At. Here Is What Is Inside It

September 22, 2026

Fewer students, more money leaving the district, a budget balanced on reserves in the year reserves end, and not one resident at…

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