Revere’s Tree Ordinance Goes Back for a Rewrite After Its Public Hearing
Two residents spoke for it, two against, and a family's letter attacked the permits, the $300-per-tree fines and the city engineer as…
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Register to Vote by Saturday, October 24. Also Ahead: the City Manager’s Q&A and Revere’s Fall Festival
Register online by 11:59 p.m., by mail postmarked, or in person by October 24. Plus Fidel Maltez's Ask Me Anything on October…
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Kayem Park Renovation Starts This Week, With a Shade Sail Knitted by the Senior Center
A state PARC grant pays for new playgrounds, a misting station, benches and trees. The shade sail is a separate $50,000 Community…
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Chelsea and Revere Police Arrest Revere Man After Months-Long Cocaine Investigation; Two Guns Seized
A joint Chelsea Drug Unit and Revere SIU investigation ended with a search warrant in Revere, more than 100 grams of cocaine,…
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Chelsea Is Now Denying Handicap Parking Signs Under a 2 Percent Rule. Three Were Turned Down September 2
The commission says it found the cap in the residential parking regulations this summer. Three applicants were turned down, one was tabled,…
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Chelsea Schools Opened 300 Students Down. Budget Work for Next Year Has Already Started
Enrollment is 5,393, down from 5,693, and the October count sets next year's budget. The superintendent says charter schools are winning families.…
Continue readingPezzi Gas at 571 Washington Ave Changed Hands in the Spring. It Still Has No Occupancy Permit, and the Licensing Board Set October 8
New owners took over the former Pezzi Service Center in late spring. The city found out from a sign permit. Fire, electrical…
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Chelsea Calendar: Scooters, the Charter and a Garage Meeting This Week; Boxing, a Harvest Fair and the Turkey Trot Ahead
Four public meetings in two days, a registration deadline Wednesday, and a Thanksgiving-week race to sign up for now.
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The Mystic River Walking and Biking Bridge Has a Builder: A $78.7 Million Contract, 27 Percent Over the Estimate
The car-free bridge next to Encore will tie the Northern Strand Trail to Assembly Row. The total with contingencies is about $96…
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Week Four of the Encore Strike: The Union’s Case Against Wynn, in Wynn’s Own Numbers, and What the Company Says
The unions have footnoted their argument to Wynn's filings. Wynn's answer is a $96,000 average it has not explained. Nobody is at…
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