By Lauren Bennett Governor Charlie Baker held a press conference at the CVS on Washington St. in Roslindale on September 17 to urge Massachusetts residents to get a flu shot this year. Baker received his flu shot as well. “With…
Month: September 2020
Jenifer Lee LaSala Named Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Emerging Leaders Graduate Expanding Her Brand in Boston and Worcester
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Jennifer Lee LaSala – a Chelsea High graduate – the 2020 Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Massachusetts and New England. LaSala founded her first business in 2011 when she was 17 years…
Construction Update
Construction Look-Ahead: September 20 – October 03, 2020 Fourth Street Off-Ramp: There will be daily closures of the Fourth Street off-ramp beginning on Monday 9/21 and ending Friday, 9/24. The closures will take place during the day from 7 a.m. to…
Massachusetts AFL-CIO Endorses Ed Markey for Senate
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO today endorsed Senator Ed Markey for re-election. The role of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO is to serve as the unified voice of more than 800 local unions and 400,000 organized workers in the Commonwealth and to be a…
Winter Survival: Masks and Flu Shots
The testimony of Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week regarding the need for every American to wear a face mask in public to thwart the spread of Covid-19…
COVID Is the Leading Killer of First Responders
Recently-revealed statistics have brought into sharp focus the deadly and tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic upon our nation’s police and firefighters. At least 101 police officers have died from Covid-19, and it is estimated that this figure represents only…
Guest Op-Ed: Fix Our Medical Insurance Dilemma
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Give all Americans the option to buy into Medicare. I’ve paid into Social Security and Medicare my entire life. I’m still paying to be on plan B and supplemental coverage. I also pay for prescription insurance.…
Obituaries 09-24-2020
Rita Tentindo Dedicated Wife, Mother and Daughter Rita M. (Citro) Tentindo of Revere died peacefully at home on Sept. 15 surrounded by her family and with her husband of 70 years by her side. She was 92 years old. Born…
Last Cup: Tito’s Bakery closes its doors after 45 years in business
Unfortunately, there’s no way to say ‘Hola’ without eventually saying ‘Adios,’ and while Vicente ‘Tito’ Avellaneda and his wife, Isabel, said hello to the community 45 years ago at the opening of Tito’s Bakery on Broadway, this summer they have…
A Little Quiet: Sound barriers go up on Chelsea Curves
Cars and trucks from the North Shore have rifled through the Chelsea Curves for decades just 20 or 30 feet above thriving neighborhoods and schools in Chelsea – with no end to the noise and soot spilling over into those…