Fifty Years at 51 Park Street, and Chelsea’s First State Wrestling Champion
A Greek immigrant who bought a two-bay shop in 1975 and still shows up every day at 80, and a wrestler who…
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Chelsea Admitted ‘Significant Quality of Life Issues’ at the Civil War Memorial in March. Six Months Later, There Is No Report
Every measure the city promised was one it had already tried and stopped. Order 2623 has not come back to the council.
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Chelsea’s Fire Chief Asked the City to Remove a Broadway Lane Shift at the Mill Hill Station. The Commission Did Something Smaller
Cars were turning into the path of fire trucks leaving the station, the chief wrote, and parking in the new turn lane…
Continue readingA 2,400-Space Airport Garage on Eastern Avenue, Four Family Units on Beacon Street: What Chelsea’s Zoning Board Approved September 8
The garage swap frees about 12 acres on Eastern Avenue but adds no public waterfront access. Also approved: two new two-families on…
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Three Approved Chelsea Projects Cut Their Affordable Units From 23 to 15. The Zoning Board Called It Minor
Staff called the changes major and advertised a hearing. The board said the City Council had already decided the question, and the…
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Walmart’s Chelsea Depot by Its Own Numbers: 350 Trips a Day, a 1 p.m. Peak and Five Box Trucks Off Route 16
The traffic study arrived the day of the hearing. Here is what Walmart's team told the Zoning Board, what one member called…
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A Chelsea Business Was Shut Down Because Someone Else Sold the Gym Next to It
The sauna was legal as part of the gym. The gym was sold, the two became separate businesses under one occupancy permit,…
Continue readingWhat Is Actually Being Built on Broadway: A Signal at Bellingham Square, a Two-Way Stretch, and Back-In Parking
Bidding this winter, two years of construction from the spring, and property owners owed appraisal-based compensation for easements under Federal Highway Administration…
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Jennifer Prudencio Pleaded Guilty in Her Son’s Death and Was Sentenced to Four to Six Years, With No Plea Deal
She entered the plea without an agreement, after prosecutors refused to negotiate and said the case carried aggravating factors warranting a sentence…
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Chelsea Holds Its Public Meeting on the Broadway Rebuild Tonight at the Senior Center
More than $14 million in federal money, six streets whose layouts change, and the meeting where residents can ask about it. Six…
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