By Maura Healey More than 300,000 health care workers and first responders in Massachusetts have stepped up to the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19. They suit up in scrubs or uniforms, leave the comfort of their homes, and put…
Month: April 2020
Guest Op-Ed: Science Matters
By Jack Clarke Either science matters or it doesn’t. Policy makers can’t have it both ways and selectively apply it only when it advances a political agenda. Science should inform and drive public policy not the other way around –…
Guest Op-Ed: COVID-19 Has Put a Spotlight on Disadvantages
By Mayowa Sanusi, MPH In the past few weeks, data from multiple cities, states and counties across the nation have revealed how COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting communities of color. An analysis done by the Washington Post reveals that in places like Louisiana,…
Obituaries 04-30-2020
Joan Burke Of Chelsea, formerly of Charlestown Joan M. (Birmingham) Burke of Chelsea, formerly of Charlestown, died on April 18 at the Massachusetts General Hospital from Covid related pneumonia. The loving and devoted mother of James M. Burke of Saugus,…
Paycheck Protection Program resumes Monday morning
Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement today on the resumption of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP): “We are pleased that President Trump has signed into law…
CHS students say ‘Thank You’ to health care workers
Carter Street Off-Ramp Closures
MassDOT will close the Carter Street off-ramp two nights over three weekends in the spring for necessary repairs and safety improvements on the Carter Street off-ramp. First one starts this Friday night. WEEKEND CLOSURES: Friday, April 24 at 10 p.m.…
National Guard at work handing out food in Chelsea
Soldiers in the National Guard advise residents to keep social distance when coming to their food distribution stations in Chelsea. This video was taken on Tuesday, April 21.
Military Escort
Mandatory Face Coverings in Chelsea
Chelsea has the highest rate of COVID-19 infection in Massachusetts. For the safety of everyone in our community, it is mandatory to wear face coverings. Even people with no symptoms can still carry COVID-19, which means you can infect others…