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CHELSEA — With a special town election set for next month to replace its four recently-resigned Selectboard members, Chelsea is hosting a “Meet Your Candidates” event next week to give residents a chance to converse with and learn about the seven...

Over the past week, Chelsea lost its road crew and four of its five Selectboard members, right on the cusp of winter. A dust-up over recent town events had sparked outrage and hostility, along with a slew of resignations.Now, the dust has settled, and...

After a chaotic week, Chelsea residents and officials agreed to get back on track with a plan to elect new Selectboard members. The town road foreman, whose disagreements with the board were at the center of the controversy, is said to have returned to duty.

Simmering disagreements between board members and 29-year road commissioner Rick Ackerman boiled over this week, with resignations on both sides and a public meeting devolving into a “shouting match.”

CHELSEA — Residents decided on two articles regarding voting logistics at a special Town Meeting on Thursday night, preserving traditional floor meetings for budget articles but moving other questions to the polls in the future.Chelsea’s shift away...

With coffee brewing at the back of the room and residents settling into folding metal chairs, Town Moderator Dickson Corbett stepped to the front of the stage at 9:03 a.m. Tuesday.COVID-19, be damned. Masks, full speed ahead.Chelsea — unlike the vast...

Christiana Potter parked in the center of Chelsea and propped a large poster up against her car. She was advertising a petition against a proposed AT&T cellphone tower on Wednesday and wanted to catch the attention of parents picking their children up...

CHELSEA — Almost since its creation four years ago, the First Branch Unified District has been under tension, with some residents trying to pull it together and others trying to pull it apart.Even as the district’s board is budgeting for a plan to...

CHELSEA — Standing in front of her garden Tuesday morning, Sheilagh Smith pointed a finger across Route 110 at the South Common in front of the Orange County Courthouse.“I’ve watched drug deals happen there,” she said. “I’ve been in front of the store...

Bias, outrage and extremism percolate in partisan information bubbles FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, a supporter of President Donald Trump gathers to protest in solidarity in Salem, Ore. Statehouses where Trump loyalists have rallied since the Nov. 3 election are heightening security after the storming of the U.S. Capitol this week. Police agencies in a number of states are monitoring threats of violence as legislatures return to session and as the nation prepares for the inauguration ...