Chelsea Police Are Five Officers Short, and the Chief’s Top Worry Is Kids
Five vacancies, a capital line at zero, an unmarked car from a towing company, 100 Patriots tickets, and a scooter meeting on…
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Chelsea Fire Overtime Ran $406,000 Over. The Department Has Grown From 98 to 108 to Keep Engine 4 Running
Fourteen large fires in 2024, a fourth engine, ten new firefighters, and an overtime bill the administration had penciled in months before…
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A School Committee Member Emailed the Clerk at 10:28 PM Because the City’s Comment Form Was Broken
She could not file through the city's online form, so she emailed the council clerk at night. The city's answer was that…
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The Walmart Depot on Webster Avenue Is Back Before the Zoning Board in October. A Councillor Told Both Sides to Show Up
It is not a store. It is a same-day delivery building, the Planning Board has already recommended denial, and the traffic study…
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Teenagers in Ski Masks on E-Bikes Are Running Red Lights in Everett. Most of Those Bikes Are Not E-Bikes Under Massachusetts Law
Two numbers decide it: 750 watts and 20 miles an hour. Over either, the bike your kid is riding legally needs a…
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Three Weeks Into the Encore Strike, the Casino’s Regulars Are Fighting Each Other Over the Picket Line
Comments shut off, a conflict-of-interest fight, regulars who miss the buffet and the 75-table poker room, and a growing number who say…
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Thirty-Four Years After Susan Taraskiewicz Was Found in a Car Trunk in Revere, Her Family Is Asking the U.S. Attorney to Look Again
A vigil at Constitution Beach, a petition to the U.S. Attorney, and an advocate who says State Police told the crowd the…
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Firefighters From Across Massachusetts Honored Chelsea’s Peter Kannler, Ten Years After Cancer Took Him. What the Law Now Presumes
A ceremony on September 3 for a Chelsea firefighter lost to the job's leading killer, and the state law, chapter 32 section…
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Fire Pits Are Illegal in Chelsea, Even in Your Own Yard. Here Is the State List and the Reason
No fire pits, no logs, no leaves, no brush. The state bans open burning in 22 dense cities, Chelsea and Everett among…
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Everett City Hall Reopens Monday, Thirteen Days After the Cyberattack. The City Still Has Not Said What Happened
Closed September 8, counter services at the Connolly Center, two extensions, and no word on ransomware or data. The building reopens Monday.…
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