Why Have Our Power Prices Skyrocketed?
Though the City Council, including myself, voted against Councilor Giovanni Recupero’s order directing Acting City Manager Ned Keefe to study whether Chelsea…
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State Announces Park Planning Tool in Chelsea
Chelsea Planning DirectorJohn DePriest.(Left) and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew A. Beaton(Right) On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Secretary of Energy and…
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Environmental Justice
On Tuesday morning, Gov. Deval Patrick visited the Chelsea Collaborative to sign an executive order focused on environmental justice. The event was…
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EPA Awards Chelsea $25,000 to Fight Asthma
EPA Regional Administrator Curt Spalding presented stakeholders in the Chelsea Thrives initiative with a check for $25,000 to expand the work of…
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Activists Seek Added Legislation Against Ethanol Trains
Although Global Petroleum abandoned its Ethanol train plan the previous summer, environmental activists from Chelsea and neighboring areas petitioned state legislators for…
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Greenway Project Not to Be Overlooked
Throughout the summer months, Chelsea’s residents and municipal officials participated in numerous gatherings centered on a single topic: bringing the Silver Line…
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ZBA Approves Permits for Two New Hotels: Ash Says Chelsea Has ‘arrived’
An updated rendering of the new Holiday Inn that was approved on Tuesday by the Zoning Board of Appeals and will be…
Continue readingToll Changes for Tobin: Tunnels Proposed Quietly by State Dot
In a 53-page document filed quietly last week with environmental regulators and made public Tuesday, sweeping changes are detailed in the state’s…
Continue readingScreeching Halt: Backed into Corner, Global Withdraws Ethanol Train Plan
Hailing from Chelsea, Revere and Eastie, members of the grass-roots group that stoodin opposition to the Global Petroleum Ethanol train plan gathered…
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