Chelsea

Candidate goes nuts with stickers (no, not Doug Bennett and not Boston)

adamg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:14 -0500

Outgoing Chelsea City Councilor Matt Frank tweets:

Plastering campaign stickers on hundreds of voters houses, interesting campaign move let's see how that works out for them tomorrow.

Chelsea man gets five years for raping a girl once a week for a year

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:46:47 -0400

A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday found Marco Montano, 29, guilty of sexually abusing a neighbor's child from the time she was 9 until almost her 11th birthday.

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Should State Sen. Anthony Galluccio resign his seat in light of his latest run in with the law?

ShadyMilkMan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:46:27 -0400

* Yes * No * No (If he offers a more sincere apology) * Maybe, who am I to judge * Senator who???

Proposed Voter Choice (IRV) Ballot Question would bring more voices and choices into MA elections

amfriedman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:01:08 -0400

A “Voter Choice” initiative petition turned in to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office on Wednesday would give Massachusetts voters a chance to change to a voting system that lets voters rank their choices instead of voting for only one candidate. The change would apply to key races, including for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary and treasurer, among others, starting after January 2012.

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Chelsea man has $400-billion lawsuit against Bon Jovi, Red Sox dismissed

adamg — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:55:27 -0400

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports a federal judge didn't buy Samuel Bartley Steele's argument that a Bon Jovi song used in a TBS playoff promo, "I Love This Town," was stolen from a song Steele wrote called "(Man I Really) Love This Team."

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Well, at least he didn't run into anything

adamg — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:29:49 -0400

Drawbridge operator charged with being drunk while on duty, Channel 5 reports: Boston DPW worker charged with being incapacitated by means of excessive alcohol at the McArdle Bridge.

Chelsea official has idea for cutting T deficit and bringing back Night Owl service

adamg — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:52:08 -0400

As the T continues to drown in red ink, Chelsea City Councilor Matt Frank writes it's time to reconsider plans to let companies sponsor individual T stops - and to encourage companies and shopping districts to sponsor free-ride periods:

... Downtown Crossing, Central Square, Harvard Square, Galleria Mall, Newbury Street, even Fenway/Station Landing could all benefit from consumers making extra stops to patronize the local stores. ...

It could even work to bring back late-night bus service, he says:

... I do not see any reason why night owl buses would not be equipped with special ads just for the night owl service. The ads on the interiors of the bus could go from the normal ads to more adult themed ads for the duration of the night owl service (liquor and other things that are still in good taste but not 100 percent family friendly.) "Beer company X thanks you for making the wise choise and taking the MBTA" just one of the options. ...

A bit of a slowdown on the Tobin Bridge tonight

adamg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:28:08 -0400

Matt Frank tweets it took him an hour and fifteen minutes to get from the loop to Chelsea across the Tobin tonight.

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Casting call: Where ducklings go for repairs

adamg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:26:04 -0400

Matt Frank takes us on a tour of New England Sculpture Service, which cast the original Make Way for Ducklings and Tortoise and Hare statues and which is pressed into service whenever one of the ducklings has to be repaired after a theft.

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Chelsea's mystery bronzes explained

adamg — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:30:30 -0400

Matt Frank talks to the woman who, back in the 1980s, helped install such items as "a bronze handbag permanently attached to a bench, a coffee cup on a fence an orange half opened on the ground and a pair of ladies gloves on the ground all strewn about but within about 20 feet of each other."

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