Chelsea Will Look at Helping Renters Read Their Own Leases
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
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 Was Asked to Pay Two Separate Lists of Old Bills in Two Weeks: $26,546.88, Then $12,505.14
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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A Man Fell on the Loose Bricks in Bellingham Square This Week. Residents Say the Sidewalks Have Needed Fixing for Years
An older man fell on the loose bricks in front of Dunkin'. Bystanders did nothing until a neighbor stepped in. The city…
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Tobin Bridge Work Has Taken More Than 100 Parking Spots Around Chestnut Street, Residents Say. Nobody Has Told Them When They Come Back
More than 100 spots gone to bridge staging, the rest under sewage-smelling water, and winter coming. Residents want a date. We asked…
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Revere Is Weighing a Permit Rule for Cutting Trees on Your Own Property, a Resident Says. The Insurance Company Sets a Deadline Too
Insurers send 30-day tree ultimatums by drone. A city permit process that takes longer than that puts the homeowner in the middle.…
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Which Chelsea City Employees Drive Cars With Emergency Lights and Sirens? State Law Says Police and Fire. We Asked the City Who Else
Blue lights are for police, red for fire, sirens need a Registry permit. Whether anyone else in Chelsea city government drives with…
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Chelsea Plans to Hand Over a City Parking Lot on Chestnut Street for $0. The Draft RFP Says What It Wants Back
Two parcels, 17,123 square feet, nominal price of zero, and a preference for condos Chelsea families can buy. The appraisal and the…
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Who Gets Told Before a Building Goes Up Next Door? Chelsea’s Council President Wants More Notice. The City Manager Says the State Wants Less
Notices go to property owners within 300 feet, not to the tenants who live there. The committee floated certified mail, site signs…
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Chelsea Priced Its City Hall Parking Lot in 2023 and Never Paved It. Now It Needs $270,600 More, From Road Money That Is Still Sitting There
A microgrid delay, higher asphalt prices, a new walkway, and two roadway accounts with $1.08 million unspent in mid-September. No total cost…
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