The Mystic Mall is an example of the way things are going in Chelsea. The supermarket itself is the leading example of a successful, capital-intensive development that has gone to plan. Also going according to plan is the old Demoulas…
Category: Editorials
The City Council at Its Best
The Chelsea City Council’s recent vote to keep City Manager Jay Ash in Chelsea was a profile in courage for that board. It showed, above all else, that this city council is responsible, clear thinking, business minded and concerned about…
TJ Maxx Opening Sunday
Chelsea’s TJ Maxx store opening will be held Sunday at the Demoulas’s Mall. The opening of this major retailing outlet is a wonderful shot in the arm to the local economy and will give as well a boost in creating…
Congressman Markey is Right
Congressman Edward Markey has suggested that nuclear plants being planned for right now cannot be built on earthquake fault lines. He would like that bit of solid reasoning to be the equivalent of a law. We agree with Congressman Markey…
Mark Moschella
The death of Mark Moschella recently at the age of 48 is all about sadness. However, his death brought out a few thousand of his friends and relatives and people he had known all his life to the wake at…
The Japanese Tsunami
It wasn’t just the earthquake – but the tsunami that followed the record breaking earthquake that has resulted in possibly 10,000 dead or swept away, an entire region of the nation laid bare of homes, buildings, schools infrastructure and now,…
Ash Set to Stay; Council in Sync
Council President Marilyn Vega-Torres and Councillor Leo Robinson have accomplished an important piece of work – getting City Manager Jay Ash to sign a contract that has him remaining here for the next four years at a higher salary. The…
Mark Moschella
The death of Mark Moschella at 48 is a terrible loss for all of us who knew him, who respected him, who played ice hockey with him and his brothers, and who knew his late father. Mark was a very…
Jay Ash Cannot Be Allowed to Leave
The city council faces its most decisive moment in years when it meets to decide whether or not City Manager Jay Ash stays or goes. Ash is being sought by the Deval Patrick Administration to head the state’s most…
Doctors Who Cared More about People than Making Money
In the modern history of this city, two doctors served the people here who couldn’t afford to pay them. Their names were Dr. Morris Clayman and Dr. Sam Klauber. In today’s world, if you are without money you can take…