Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities, has opened a new Community Behavioral Health Center at CHA Cambridge Hospital (1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge). CHA is now one of 25 designated Community Behavioral…
Month: January 2023
News in Brief
NFPA Encourages Prompt Removal of Christmas Trees One-third (33 percent) of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January. With this post-holiday fire hazard in mind, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) strongly encourages everyone to keep the festive…
Jimmy Merino ’24 To Represent Chelsea High School at United States Senate Youth Program in Washington D.C.
Chelsea High School student Jimmy Merino ’24 has been selected to represent Chelsea and the State of Massachusetts at the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) in Washington D.C. Merino is one of two Massachusetts delegates attending the program after…
Police Department Expands Mental Health Resources
In an effort to expand its care efforts and to reduce the stigmatization around mental health, the Chelsea Police Department now displays the three-digit 988 mental health crisis and suicide prevention number on its police cruisers. This is the latest…
School Committee Approves Changes to High School Attendance Policy
The School Committee approved an updated attendance policy for Chelsea High School at its first meeting of the new year last week. Commonly referred to as the e-policy, over the past year, students have campaigned for changes in the attendance…
Federal Funds Will Help Enhance Urban Forests in Chelsea
The Mystic River Watershed Association recently secured $400,000 in federal funds to enhance urban forests in Greater Boston’s Mystic River Watershed. This funding will help mitigate the dangers of climate-driven extreme heat in vulnerable environmental justice communities including Everett, Chelsea…
Hayden Sworn in as the Suffolk County District Attorney
Special to the Times-Free Press Kevin R. Hayden was sworn in as the Suffolk County District Attorney on Monday, January 9, at Roxbury Community College. Hayden was appointed by Governor Charles Baker to the fill the unexpired term of Rachael…
We Must Never Forget the Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For those of us of a certain age, it is hard to imagine that 2023 will mark 55 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine…
“That Would Never Happen Here…” “Oh Wait – It Did!”
For those of us who have been around for a while, the spectacle that unfolded this past weekend in Brazil, where thousands of the fascist followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed that nation’s capitol buildings in a violent attempt…
CHS Roundup
CHS Girls Earn First Win, 24-23 The Chelsea High girls basketball team welcomed the New Year in the best possible fashion for new head coach Leslie Santiago with a 24-23 triumph over Excel Academy last Friday, giving Santiago the first…