The long-awaited, top-to-bottom Fire Department Study by the Matrix Company pretty much said what most intelligent observers have thought for years – the Fire Department should stop sending fire trucks to minor car accidents, to people at home with small medical issues and to a number of other “routine” 9-1-1 calls for service. Instead...
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State Secretary of Housing and Economic Development to Tour Chelsea
The top economic official in Gov. Deval Patrick’s cabinet will kick off a tour of nine up-and-coming cities and towns in Chelsea today, Thursday, April 25th, making four stops in the city through the morning hours. According to a release from Secretary Greg Bialecki’s Office of Housing and Economic Development, the secretary will visit...
Dollars Going South of the Border: $247M in Transfers Sent to Foreign Countries
In four of the poorest communities in Massachusetts (Eastie, Revere, Chelsea and Everett), money transfer stores in 2012 helped residents send $247.08 million in cash to several foreign countries around the world. The process of sending money from the U.S. to foreign countries is nothing new, and there is certainly nothing illegal or wrong...
Close Call: Chelsea Runner Gaudreau Just Finished the Race Minutes Before Explosions
Thank goodness for seven minutes. Spencer Lofts resident Bobby Gaudreau has never been so thankful for just a few extra minutes, but those few minutes might have saved him from grievous injury, and certainly saved him from being at ground zero for Monday’s bombing attacks at the Boston Marathon. Having come across the finish...
From Newtown to Chelsea,Organizer is a Difference Maker
As Erin Clarke packed up the things in her Newtown, CT home last December, preparing for a move to Boston and a job at ROCA in Chelsea, she had no idea that she would be sent off from her hometown with monumental sadness. In fact, the newest ROCA Redevelopment Associate and chief planner for...
Ticket Troubles; Councillors Fed Up with Getting Tickets While at Meetings, on City Business
For several City Councillors, finding those little, orange $25 parking tickets on their windshields after a Council meeting has become a rite of passage. Few councillors have escaped the parking ticket wrath during their tenure, and it pretty much has become a given that councillors who frequent City Hall meetings will come away with...
Browne Step Team Steps Up Their Game
Step by step, the Browne Middle School Step Dance team will make their way to Providence College this coming Saturday, April 13th, to perform in front of several thousand students as part of the College’s Diversity Festival. Teacher Asha Chana and five students from the school have been honing their skills since last December...
Miffed CHA Tenants Will Meet with US Attorney Ortiz
Outraged Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) tenants and organizers will meet with U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz today, April 11th, to discuss the plea deal and sentencing of former, disgraced CHA Director Michael McLaughlin. Attorney Jay Rose – who has assisted residents in organizing a tenant-driven protest of McLaughlin’s plea deal – said the informal group...
Fire Union Calls for Contract Approval Now
Fire Union officials this week are calling on the City and the City Council to respect the collective bargaining process and approve their contract. Last week, the Council narrowly voted to keep the contract on the table in hopes that the Union would agree to go back to the table with City Manager Jay...
Ash Advocates for More Shannon Grant Funding
Since 2006, the Shannon Community Safety Initiative has been providing communities in Massachusetts with funding to combat youth violence, gangs and substance abuse, typically through a regional and multi-disciplinary approach. As Shannon supporters from around the state gathered at the State House last week to lobby for funding for its continuance, helping to lead...
