Police Briefs 02-23-2012

February 23, 2012
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February 14 Deborah Perito, 40, 99 Riverside Apt., Medford, was arrested for assault and battery and carrying a dangerous weapon. Wilson Polo, 43, 80 Webster St., East Boston, was arrested for red light violation, operating motor vehicle with suspended/revoked license. Joseph Ardolino, 43, 107 Francis St., Everett, was arrested for shoplifting, and felony warrant....

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Obituaries 02-23-2012

February 23, 2012
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Jeanette ‘Jeanie’ Letizia Retired Bank Accountant Jeanette E. ‘Jeanie’ Letizia, a retired bank accountant, died at Life Care of Stoneham on Friday evening February 17.  She was 81 years old. Born and raised in Chelsea, she was the daughter of the late John and Fillomena (Lillo) Letizia.  She attended Chelsea schools and settled in...

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Innovative Park, New Salt Pile to Work Together on Waterfront

February 16, 2012
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Innovative Park, New Salt Pile to Work Together on Waterfront

Within the next month, the large, rusted circular oil tanks that have blocked beautiful waterfront views on Marginal Street for generations will be a thing of the past. As the tanks begin to come down soon at the old Coastal Petroleum Terminal at 99 Marginal St., a long-awaited development that will include a new...

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Warren Campaigning Hard: Visits Chelsea, Again

February 16, 2012
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Warren Campaigning Hard: Visits Chelsea, Again

Call it running hard. Call it running smart. Call it what you will. US Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren visited Chelsea again earlier this week. It was Warren’s fourth time visiting the city and touring it or attending a private function since she announced for the senate a few months back. This time around she...

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Auditors Failed to Act on McLaughlin Salary

February 16, 2012
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Auditors Failed to Act on McLaughlin Salary

State auditors going over the Chelsaea Housing Authority’s books in 2005 apparently knew that disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Michael McLaughlin was concealing his true salary from state officials. The auditors told him and urged him to seek official approval for more than $40,000 in hidden income, according to interviews and records...

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Forensic Analysis Legislation Passed

February 16, 2012
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Chelsea State Representative Eugene L. O’Flaherty has led the House in passing a new bill that will give courts better access to DNA evidence as a way to avoid wrongful convictions. Last week the House passed the bill that provides courts access to forensic and scientific analysis under certain circumstances. The legislation aims to...

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The Auditors Knew

February 16, 2012
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The drubbing this city has taken because of Mike McLaughlin’s treachery is due the ineptitude, dereliction of duty or outright corruption of state auditors who knew McLaughlin was overpaying himself with funds he was not reporting. We are told the auditors laughed and made light of the discrepancies that were revealed which gives the...

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CHS Boys Take Final Two Games

February 16, 2012
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The Chelsea High boys basketball team turned in a pair of fine efforts to claim victories over Lynn Tech and Shawsheen Tech this past week. The twin wins, which completed the regular season for the Red Devils,  raised their record to 14-6, completing quite a turnaround from their 2-4 start. Friday night’s contest with...

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Police Briefs 02-16-2012

February 16, 2012
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Monday, February 6 James Hwang, 54, 90 Kingsley Rd., Hull, was arrested for driving with a suspended/revoke license. Julio E. Hernandez Jr., 23, 106 Marlborough St., was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Christopher Steriti, 25, 10 Forsyth St., Apt. #202, was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Samson Beauregard, 38, 2 Parkway Ct., Apt. #6,...

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Obituaries 02-16-2012

February 16, 2012
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John Cardillo Former Smithcraft Co. Retiree John G. Cardillo died in his Revere home on February 12 following a long illness. He would have celebrated his 95th birthday on March 5. Born and raised in Revere, he worked as a quality control manager for more than 45 years for the former Smithcraft Co. of...

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New Legislation Being Debated May Benefit Local Breweries

February 9, 2012
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New Legislation Being Debated May Benefit Local Breweries

A new piece of legislation being debated on Beacon Hill this week should be a positive change for local craft brewery companies like the Mystic Brewery in Chelsea if passed. The Massachusetts Brewers Guild is lobbying law makers to pass the bill that would help upstart craft beer companies struggling to get thier beers...

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Sen. Brown and Sen. Grassley Leading Federal Inquiry of CHA

February 9, 2012
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Sen. Brown and Sen. Grassley Leading Federal Inquiry of CHA

The long reach of disgraced Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin’s perfidy has led to Iowa Senator Charles Grassley and our Senator Scott Brown demanding full explanations about policies at the CHA. “Senator Grassley is dealing with HUD,” Jill Gerber, an aid in his Washington office told the Chelsea Record Wednesday morning. John...

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ROCA Key Program

February 9, 2012
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ROCA Key Program

The sun shone brightly on Broadway last Thurs­day afternoon – a mild day by typical February standards. The wind whipped some stray papers around and some leaves left over from the fall blew wild­ly as cars sped by and pushed them into the air. However, no sooner had those items been placed back on...

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CHA Receiver Submits Her Second Invoice

February 9, 2012
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Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) Receiver Judith Weber has submitted her second invoice to the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) – this time for just more than $16,000 for one month’s work – but indicated that her fees were standard and reasonable. Weber took some minor flack last month after submitting a bill to the SJC...

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Receivership Looks to Put Its Feet Up and Stay Awhile Longer

February 9, 2012
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Receivership at the Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) could go over the 90-day, Feb. 21, deadline if Gov. Deval Patrick doesn’t soon find an appointee for the troubled-agency’s rebuilt Board of Directors. The prospect of that happening, though, seems fairly slim as it was revealed last week in CHA Receiver Judith Weber’s monthly report that...

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Senators Brown and Grassley Are Doing the Right Thing

February 9, 2012
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The disgraced former executive director of the Chelsea Housing Authority Mike McLaughlin and the world of hurt he laid on the CHA are now under a microscope in Washington, DC where our Senator Scott Brown and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley are asking the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) hard questions. They want...

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Marguerite Donovan

February 9, 2012
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The death of Marguerite Donovan brings sadness to those of us who knew her, and her late husband, John. Mrs. Donovan was a real personality, a character actually. When this city was turning around 30 years ago, she was one among a number of dignified, energetic and smart women who called this place their...

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Red Devil Boys Win Two More

February 9, 2012
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The Chelsea High boys basketball team continued on its roll of late, winning both of its contests this past week in convincing fashion against Commonwealth Athletic Conference foes. The Red Devils defeated Greater Lawrence last Friday, 66-40, and then took the measure of the Northeast Regional Vocational School, 76-52, on Tuesday. Chelsea moved out...

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Obituaries 02-09-2012

February 9, 2012
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Mary Tarpinian Chelsea Resident Mary Tarpinian of Chelsea died on February 3. She was 82 years old. The loving daughter of the late Oscar and Mary (Kenosian) Kayajanian, she was the dear sister of Helen Chobanian of Saugus and is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services are private at the request of...

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Grand Opening

February 2, 2012
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Grand Opening

Five guys burgers is another wonderful addition to the culinary world developing at the Marketbas­ket Mall. Its grand opening attracted a great deal of attention Tuesday. Shown above are Five guys employees, Xiomara Perez and Marie Scali.

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Bus Craziness: Chelsea MBTA Driver Faked Crime to Collect Worker’s Compensation

February 2, 2012
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Chelsea has come a long way in fighting crime, and according to local officials, the last thing the city needs is to have to fight crime that doesn’t exist. Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley’s office announced last Friday that charges are being filed against a former MBTA Route 111 bus driver for faking...

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Gun Play: Chelsea Court in Turmoil After Disappearance of Firearms

February 2, 2012
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The Chelsea District Court is in turmoil this week and one Revere firearms case against an alleged career criminal is now compromised as a result of three firearms – which were evidence in criminal cases – being stolen from the Court Clerk’s office. One missing gun was related to a Chelsea Police Department arrest...

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Ash Files $5.6 Million Capital Improvement Plan

February 2, 2012
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More streets will get resurfaced, water and sewer lines replaced, sidewalks repaired, public buildings renovated and equipment replaced as a result of the $5.6 million capital improvement plan (CIP) filed by City Manager Jay Ash with the City Council this past week. Ash says his plan not only continues the investment City government is...

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Kevin Murphy’s Chelsea Courthouse All About Compassion; Fair Play

February 2, 2012
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District courts all over this state operate under the laws of the state of Massachusetts. Those laws allow them each to be harsh district courts; angry district courts; drab and inconsistent district courts; and district courts wracked by inside politicking, petty and personal jealousy on the part of the clerks and employees, and by...

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