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Chelsea Zoned 160-Foot Buildings Beside Three-Story Public Housing. Its Planning Director Said the Height Came From the Developer

September 22, 2026

Existing buildings are 30 to 35 feet. The new ceiling along the Revere line is 160. Asked if anything nearby was that…

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Nobody Elected the Chelsea Planning Board. Four of Its Members Arrived in the Last Ten Months

September 22, 2026

The board that told Walmart no is appointed, not elected, and it has turned over faster than almost anyone has noticed. Who…

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Chelsea’s Charter Still Refers to the Receiver. Tonight a Committee Takes Up Deleting Him

September 22, 2026

Two mentions of the receiver survive in the city's founding document. A proposal to delete them reaches the committee table tonight, and…

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The Planning Board Asked Chelsea to Name a Neighborhood for the People Who Once Lived There. The Record Does Not Say Who They Were

September 22, 2026

Twelve stories, no parking minimums, and a condition asking the city to name the place after the people who used to live…

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Chelsea’s Reserves Fell From $32.4 Million Toward $5.3 Million, and the Budget Draw Came In $2 Million Over the Projection

September 22, 2026

The sheet projected a $2.5 million draw to balance the budget. The adopted budget took $4,495,000. Snow came in under the estimate,…

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Chelsea’s Council Met for an Hour and Approved $939.20. Everything Else Went to Committee

September 22, 2026

Seventeen appointments, one $939.20 ice cream donation, and $323,543.31 in money orders that nobody voted on. The full record of Monday night,…

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Chelsea Sends Its Rat Program to the Full Council. One Member Says He Started It, Another Spent $20,000 on Concrete

September 22, 2026

The longest discussion of the night was about rats, it produced no vote, and it surfaced more about how Chelsea handles rodents…

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Chelsea Will Look at Helping Renters Read Their Own Leases

September 22, 2026

Three quarters of Chelsea households rent. An order adopted without objection asks City Hall to find out whether it can help them…

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Chelsea Confirms 17 Appointments, Including a New Planning Board Member. Then It Realized It Has No Process

September 22, 2026

Eleven of the 17 are Youth Commission seats. One is the Planning Board, which just recommended denying the Walmart depot. The list,…

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Chelsea’s Unpaid Bills List Shrank by $26,496.88 in a Week. The Oldest Invoices Are the Ones That Vanished

September 22, 2026

Two orders, one week apart, and four bills that quietly stopped being asked for, including a $13,030 lead replacement invoice from FY23.

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